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The Shondes
The Red Sea
Independent
Brooklyn's The Shondes have appeared on the scene like a slap in the tukhes out of nowhere. Utilizing elements of punk rock, classical, world music, Jewish lore and present-day politics, The Shondes' songs come in whipping, breathtaking bursts. "Your Monster" has all the sharp, angular intensity as anything from Sleater Kinney's All Hands On The Bad One; the raw "Don't Look Down" is powered by a wandering violin and "Let's Go" sounds like The Avengers playing a number from Fiddler On The Roof. Produced by Tony Maimone (They Might Be Giants, Pere Ubu), The Red Sea is an eleven-song collection of intelligence, passion and power. The driving "I Watched The Temple Fall" is impossibly melodic; "What Love Is" sounds like the distant cousin of a Breeders song; "Don't Whisper" is a catchy blast of hard rock and "The Start Of Everything" is a bass-driven wonder that finds singer Louisa Solomon declaring, "I want this song to break my heart." It sounds like it does. Mazel-tov!
—Alex Green
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