This month Sunken Cheek will be performing on select dates in the NE in support of the release of the "Husk" EP on Torn Light. Tour-only test-presses will be available for sale at these dates in limited quantities.

3/27: Syracuse, NY @ Gorham Brothers Music w/ Hunted Down, Pretengineer, Friendless Bummer, Lucid Pyramids
3/28: Easthampton, MA @ Flywheel w/ Purity of Essence, Crashing Bores, Diagram A/Gastric Lavage
3/29: Providence, RI @ Penny Gaff w/Zerfallt, Spiritual Recess, Surgical Renaissance
3/30: Willimantic, CT @ Willimantic Records w/ Priests, Downtown Boys, Road Worrier
3/31: Philadelphia, PA @ Heaven’s Gate w/ Purity of Essence, Forbidden Colors, Exar Kun

news on the official press of the record, as well as other releases/endeavors, to come.

felix novus annus

On Feb.8th, 2013 Syracuse welcomes The Whip:

-A side of the upcoming Sunken Cheek EP on Torn Light will be performed at an extended length. This will also be Japanese Furnace's 2nd live effort. Pray for us all.
-All upcoming releases still in production, with hope and luck some will begin to appear in March.
-Currently there are still some copies of Thirty Atonements available and an official press of the Pusdrainer split c30 has arrived. $6 ppd for any titles to updateplz@yahoo.com

-A new one page zine entitled Blink is also available at upcoming live events and free with any tape order.
-Upcoming NE tour TBA. Stay tuned.

Have been, and will be, recording all month. Closing 11/12 with a very special event:

Thursday,Nov. 29th 2012

TREPANERINGSRITUALEN (SE)
TUMUL
SUNKEN CHEEK
GENETIC INFANTRYMAN

Spark Art Space
1005 E. Fayette St.
Syracuse, NY 13210
7pm - $7



Saturday, Dec. 29th 2012
LIKE WOLVES
DEATH CAMP
SUNKEN CHEEK
FUCKING INVINCIBLE
NIGHT TERROR
OBSESSOR

7 PM - $8
Bug Jar
219 Monroe Ave.
Rochester, NY 14607

Remainder

Halloween in Syracuse, NY has an unexpected event this year: the final show at Badlands. As a result of a series of events directing negative attention towards us, we're forced to close our doors at the end of this month. Badlands has been a home for the majority of Sunken Cheek performances in Syracuse, including the very first one. I helped run this small room with a handful of friends and like-minded individuals. We stayed afloat for 2 years and put on dozens of shows and events, some that are already unforgettable. We kept it affordable, accessible, versatile, and punk.
In one last blast of energy we offer a free show on Halloween night featuring some of the staple acts and volunteers that kept Badlands alive. Hopefully we'll take up residence elsewhere or begin anew. Punk always finds a way.

October 31st: Halloween

HUNTED DOWN
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
SUNKEN CHEEK
CRUCIAL MACABRE
BLOOD MONEY

Badlands
Syracuse, NY
8pm - Free to all - No taboos


Upcoming releases:
comp. 7"
split tape w/ Chasms
split tape w/ Shore Lined Poison
TBA 7" on Torn Light

After several months of writing, experimenting, and recording some results are beginning to emerge. Available now are 2 new tapes (much thanks to Tony at Worthless), full information and samples below.

The near future should yield split cassettes with Shore Lined Poison and Chasms. If all goes well, short journeys on the road with these friends will also take place. For now, stay tuned here for upcoming shows and releases.

Sunken Cheek  - "Unfit" c28 Worthless Recordings.
Two songs recorded during fits of summer illness. Focuses on physical ailments and the violent decomposition of the body. Massive feedback shifts, distant cries, synth drones, samples, and fuzzed-out clatter. Listen with a headache, listen covered in sweat. 50 copies.

$6 ppd in the US to updateplz@yahoo.com

Sunken Cheek - "Thirty Atonements" c24 self-released

Simply put: blown-out harsh noise. Two tracks of metal abuse tinged with distant cries, hums, and sparse synth blasts. A sincere attempt to cleanse the guilt and make amends. Each copy of this tape includes an individual typed apology. 30 copies.

$6 ppd in the US to updateplz@yahoo.com

Friday Sept 28th

NINJESSA
NONA
SUNKEN CHEEK
SOLSTICE
MOONSTRUCK

Secret Art Space
Bethlehem, PA

$6-8 Donation
Doors @ 7pm


Saturday, October 6th
TUMUL
WILD GONE GIRLS
SUNKEN CHEEK
+more TBA
1pm to 10pm
Rochester, NY

Saturday, October 20th
HIGH ON DRACULA
SUNKEN CHEEK
BLOOD MONEY
Gorham Brothers Music
Syracuse, NY
7pm

J-J MMXII

Currently finishing up a new tape to be released by Worthless Recordings. View/listen to their wonderful catalogue here

One reporter's review of the Syracuse 'noise scene'

Sunken Cheek live in July:

July 7th: Badlands, Syracuse NY: Swamps, D's Licks, Bees
July 14th: Jamestown, NY: Herpes, Cloud Rat, Wolfmouth, Dirty Needle,Waves Crashing Piano Chords, Blunt Guts, Hunted Down, FKF
July 15th: Buffalo, NY: Brown Sugar (last show), Elsinores, Globsters, Herpes, Hunted Down (Sunken Down)
July 16th: Badlands, Syracuse, NY: Herpes (rec. release show), Limbs Bin, Hunted Down
July 20th-21st: The Vault, Buffalo, NY: Buffalo Summer Scum Fest, Day 2 w/ David Russell, Work/Death, A Snake in the Garden, many more