sunken cheek

9.11.2019

2.27.2019

AV #50: "Yesterday, Tomorrow"

A compilation by various artists featuring Sunken Cheek, Glochids, Korean Jade, Cremation Lily & Moss Harvest, D.F.H., Skin, Corinthian, and Death Kneel.

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Available March 1st from Found Remains:

“I am living permanently in my dream, from which I make brief forays into reality.”

Found Remains is proud to present the label’s inaugural compilation, Through a Glass Darkly. This compilation contains new, exclusive tracks from Found Remains alumni thus far, and showcases the depth of contemporary industrial, electronic, noise, and music concrète.

Through a Glass Darkly has been carefully sequenced to be experienced as two sides played interchangeably, with each side complementing the other to create a cohesive collection of challenging sound.

Sacramence
Himukalt
C.L. Lobbestael
SIMA

Kjostad
Remnants
Sunken Cheek
Victorine Meurent

Full feature review on Ears To Feed, read here.

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11.26.2018

Sunken Cheek - Humiliation cs out now on New Forces

Sunken Cheek - Humiliation cs
"Sunken Cheek has carved out a respected place in the noise underground by working harder than most and continually refining a unique approach to sound. The bastard child of scummy American harsh noise and tape-manipulators like Aaron Dilloway or Sewer Election, Sunken Cheek infuses his music with a sense of anxious depression that could only be the product of post-industrial Syracuse, New York. "Humiliation" captures the project at its most aggressive. The creeping dread we've come to expect is here infused with a dose of aggressive scrap metal destruction, building from electronic melancholy to absolute obliteration over the course of two expertly composed tracks. The next level from one of America's finest."

-New Forces

https://newforces.bandcamp.com/album/humiliation

4.01.2018

posterity:

upcoming:

1.10.2018

Jan. 2018

Saturday, January 13 2018

Sunken Cheek
Sterile Garden
L. Tosswill
Remnants
Hubble

H0l0
1090 Wyckoff Ave.
Brooklyn, NY
8pm

1.07.2018

Document Completion

Phosphenes & Dissonance is a collection of work spanning nearly the entire Sunken Cheek timeline. In 2011 a one-page zine was written to be distributed at the 2011 ACHC Fest in Syracuse, NY as per the festival's tradition for admission. The following year the words were put to music in three parts, recorded and released as a limited CDr with copies of the zine. Crude, early dabblings with industrial PE served as the conduit. More missives were written between 2012-2017 whenever the timing has seemed appropriate.

The most recent missive "Historic Betrayals" was written as a lyrical/visual companion to the live performance composed for spring Sunken Cheek performances. It was distributed at the events and the audio work was then recorded to be presented here. A 16 minute movement of tape manipulation and myriad field recordings. While there is much growth displayed compared to it's A-side, the tape demonstrates the full scope and intention of Sunken Cheek's sonic paranoia. The writing unveils the dreams and occurrences themselves while the cassette serves as a contextual companion, akin to musical accompaniment.

This collection is 6 years' worth of recurring dreams and cyclical events. This is the last time these zines will be reprinted or these songs will be released.

Guilt and vengeance.
Echoes and deja vu.
Nightmares and premonitions.
Phosphenes & Dissonance.

presented in a VHS case: a c34 cassette housed inside a soft poly-norelco and 4x one-page zines (three 8 1/2 x 11 and one 8 1/2 x 14) in a printed and wax-sealed envelope. Full wrap-around cover and liner notes insert.

self-released

50 copies

5.31.2017

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Saturday June 3rd @ Ithaca Fest : Downtown Ithaca, IU stage 2:30pm

Saturday, June 3rd

GORGUTS
EXIST
NILEXISTENCE
INHUMATUS
EBONY SORROW ft. SUNKEN CHEEK

Lost Horizon
5683 Thompson Road
Syracuse, NY

4.06.2017

spring '17

Upcoming shows and events this spring:

Saturday, April 8th 2017

FIRST PET
ZERO MEAN
SUNKEN CHEEK
MOTORCYCLEZ

Sacred Root Kava Lounge
103 S. Geneva St.
Ithaca, NY 14850
8PM - $7 - All ages

April 14th, 2017

Proud to release "Familiar" later this month on Found Remains.

2.20.2017

Currently recording for a new cassette to be released on Found Remains. Details as this develops.

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Review of 2013's 'Husk' 7" on Special Interests

1.14.2017

dawn of '17

The year starts strong with a weekend alongside Faith Void.

Friday, January 20th : Buffalo, NY @ Sugar City w/ Flesh Trade, Sparklebomb, Muff, Slit Throats
Saturday, January 21st : Pittsburgh, PA @ The Tub w/ Angel Dust, Autumn Pool
Sunday, January 22nd : Rochester, NY @ Meddlesome Lab w/ Martin Freeman, Joe Clark, Licker

and in February-

Wednesday, February 1st : Brooklyn, NY @ Muchmore's - Limited Resources 2 w/ Tamio Shiraishi, Moore/Cummins-Drummer, Chris LiButti
Friday, February 24th : Ithaca, NY @ Chanticleer - collaboration set with Bubba Crumrine and VII Caso w/ Escuela, Human Overdose, Black Table, Bleak

10.19.2016

fall 2016

T E M P E R E D E X H A U S T

The first full-length under Sunken Cheek is now available via the indomitable Aught\Void.

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l i s t e n

In support of this release, SC will be playing the following dates this fall:

**October 27th : Syracuse, NY @ The Spark w/ Faith Void, No Intention
**October 28th : New York, NY @ Trans-Pecos w/ Orgonon Pit, Radiator Greys, Bastet, Pure Matrix, Conduit, Soren, Kyle Keays, Express (KHF+Kudo)

**October 29th : Providence, RI @ Machines With Magnets w/ V. Sinclair
November 10th : Cleveland, OH @ Maple Lanes w/ Collapsed Arc, Limbs Bin, Dicpic
November 11th : Cincinnati, OH @ Rake's End w/ Gene Pick, Network Glass, Slow Tongued Beauty, Ground Water Mafia, Will Fosters Band, Bludstone

**dates with Kjostad and Plagues

Some reviews for the recent "From Behind" flexi on Soft Exit have been posted:

Decoder Magazine

Tome to the Weather Machine

6.20.2016

"From Behind" out now

Sunken Cheek - "From Behind" flexi 7"
During the calm one may not feel the tap until it's too late. The realization that in your safest moments you are at risk. A lull replaced by a tense gnawing, the spectre draws ever more near.
This paranoid blackout is the latest single from Sunken Cheek, another tension-filled installment in an ongoing exploration of anxiety. This meditation on fear/mortality was crafted from microphone feedback, vocals, and tape recordings with effects processors. Temporary constructs made briefly tangible.
White flexi 7" with cover/insert printed by Alex York. Design/layout by WC. Released by SOFT EXIT.

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All distribution, wholesale, and individual sales will be handled by Soft Exit directly. Thank you for the support.

5.12.2016

Summer 2016

Thursday, June 23rd 2016
V. Sinclair
Sunken Cheek
+TBA
TBA - Syracuse, NY

Currently recording for releases on Soft Exit, Aught/Void, and Unseen Force.

4.29.2016

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Saturday, April 30th 2016

Tiger Flowers
Sunflo'er
Pissing Match
Sunken Cheek
Turn The Tide

Hurley's Nightclub
SUNY Potsdam
Potsdam, NY
3pm - $5

2.27.2016

2016

Copies of “Wretched Year”, released on the exceptional Summer Isle label, are now available at +++PR.

“Without Rejection”, a cassette of unreleased material from 2014 and 2015 will be released on ANGST in the near future.

A sample of 'It's Shadow Lies Drunk at its Feet' from the lathe 7” was featured in Justin Lakes' masterfully crafted mix for Blackened Disco of Midwestern noise artists.

This March, Flysch and Sunken Cheek embark on a Northeastern US tour accompanied by V. Sinclair on select dates.

3/20 : Ithaca, NY @ Sacred Root Kava Lounge w/ Kjostad, Fä **
3/21 : Syracuse, NY @ Fun World w/ Randomblaster **
3/22 : New Haven, CT @ Box 63 w/ Chris Goudreu, Gentle Flowers, Colorgaurd **
3/23 : Brooklyn, NYC @ Market Hotel w/ Destruction Unit, Suburbanite, Haram
3/24 : Easthampton, MA @ Flywheel w/ No Dreams, Shredded Nerve, A Snake in the Garden, Gastric Lavage, Secular Identity
3/25 : off for M.A.P.S.
3/26 : off for M.A.P.S.
3/27: Providence, RI @ tba

**with V. Sinclair