High Noon Kahuna’s sophomore full-length album »This Place Is Haunted« out now via Crucial Blast Records!
Frederick, Maryland based noise rock/shoegaze trio High Noon Kahuna stream their second full-length album, »This Place Is Haunted«, which was just released this Friday, May 17th, 2024 via Crucial Blast Records. Featuring members of Internal Void, Admiral Browning and Black Blizzard.
Tracklist:
01. Atomic Sunset
02. Lamborghini
03. Prehistoric Love Letter
04. Good Night God Bless
05. The Devil’s Lettuce
06. Brand New Day
07. Midnight Moon
08. Sidewalk Assassin
09. Mystical Shit
10. Tumbleweed Nightmare
11. Flaming Dagger
12. Et Ita Factum Est
Courtesy of Mettle Media PR:
Crucial Blast Records presents the sophomore album from MD/WV area noise rock/heavy psych/post-punk outfit High Noon Kahuna.
Harder, darker, but absolutely brimming with infectious melody, High Noon Kahuna’s »This Place Is Haunted« executes a killer mixture of classic noise rock, heavy shoegaze, psychedelic crunch, occult desert rock, and imaginative experimental creep. The band is working on a whole new level here. This rumbling riff-beast brilliantly evokes everything from Amphetamine Reptile-era abrasion, soaring Hawkwindian space rock, and the searching instrumentals of Earthless, to the spookier fringes where both krautrock and post-punk blur together, specters of classic doom metal, and the scintillating guitar sounds of vintage surf and soundtrack music, even dipping into the concussive groove of bands like Kyuss and Queens Of The Stone Age at times.
This collection of songs captures the raw vibe of their last album, »Killing Spree«, while expanding on the band’s diverse corners of influence. Spanning the genre sphere across surf, western, deathrock, noiserock, punk, and psych, these songs show HNK at their most aggressive, as well as most ethereal, spacey, and gothic. All the songs on the album came from unrestricted jamming over the last 20 months. Before entering the studio, roughly 80% of the songs were solidified, and most were played out live; the other 20% were based on free-form jams in the HNK archive and re-created on the fly, pseudo improv style.
Cvlt Nation debuted the full stream of »This Place Is Haunted« in all its revelry; from Sean Reveron:
“This band has created an outstanding Desert Rock Psychedelic album that will have you trippin’ balls with each listen because there are so many twists and turns. …What is evident about this band is that music comes from their hearts and doesn’t sound contrived at all. »This Place Is Haunted« is going to be on major rotation in HQ this summer. I want High Noon Kahuna to know that we have major respect for what they are doing, and to Crucial Blast, welcome back, the culture needed you!”
The band partnered with Kevin Bernsten and Developing Nations for recording, as they did with »Killing Spree«. His studio provided a vibe that sparked their creativity and gave them freedom to work at another level. Final mastering for »This Place Is Haunted« was completed by the ever-inventive James Plotkin at Plotkin Works. The album’s stirring cover art was created by HNK’s own Brian Goad.
A punk rock flurry with surfy vibes and a soft gooey center – Aggressive AF with a message of positivity, »This Place Is Haunted« is out now (May 17, 2024) on CD, cassette, and digital (vinyl TBA). Available to order direct from Crucial Blast, with distribution via Revolver USA/Midheaven Mailorder.
Order »This Place Is Haunted« now from Crucial Blast Records:
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High Noon Kahuna will embark on a brief East Coast tour supporting the release – hit a date below!
Upcoming Live Dates:
May 23 – Asheville, NC @ The Odd
May 24 – Richmond, VA @ Another Round
May 25 – Staunton, VA @ The Brick
May 26 – Lexington, KY @ Green Lantern
May 28 – Washington, DC @ The Pie Shop
Jun 23 – Frederick, MD @ Maryland Doom Fest (Local Release Party)
Jul 13 – Falling Waters, WV @ River Jam
High Noon Kahuna is a power trio of veteran heavy musicians from Frederick, Maryland, with Tim Otis on guitar (Admiral Browning), Brian Goad on drums (Internal Void / The Larrys / Nagato), and Paul Cogle on bass VI and vocals (Black Blizzard / Vox Populi / Nagato / Slagstorm). These three gents have known each other for years and have always supported each other in their respective bands.
At the start of 2022, they were given a fortunate opportunity to jam together, which they seized with all hands. And jam, they did! When like-minded musicians converge, something magical happens. Bringing years of influence and admiration for all musical genres, the band created a style all their own. High Noon Kahuna is back in 2024 with their second album, »This Place Is Haunted«.
High Noon Kahuna is:
Tim Otis – Guitar / Vocals
Brian Goad – Drums / Vocals
Paul Cogle – Bass / Vocals
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well