The Pattern Speaks

SKLOSS – Texan Garage Punk Tandem Produce An Illegal Amount Of Decibels On New Single ‘MIND HIVE’

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New striking strokes

20 February 2025

Band: SKLOSS
Who: Formed in Austin, TX as a husband-and-wife duo between American drummer/vocalist Karen Skloss and Scottish guitarist/vocalist Sandy Carson
during the COVID lockdown.

Surrounded by drums and amps and the need to play loud, their sonic sound
of became a response to the crazy world just outside their window. Jams became
songs, while the noise level, experimentation and distortion went up to a volume
much louder than you’d expect from a duo.

New single: MIND HIVE

Following the title trackand Imagine 1000 Dadsthis is the 3rd shared track
from their upcoming debut album The Pattern Speaks. Out on March7th.
Pre-order info here.

TUTV: After a short cracking, distorted guitar intro all hell breaks loose. SKLOSS
produce a raw and rough clangor that grabs you by the throat and holds its
firm grip all the way. No arty farty stuff for this garage punk blues tandem.

Karen Skloss hits her drums mercilessly, creating a titanic hurly-burly wall of
bone-crushing noizz, while Sandy Carson seems to play 10 guitars simultaneously.
Wailing vocals pop up now and then and the schizo finale completes the whole
volcanic shebang.

Think early White Stripes turning up the decibels to an illegal level losing control
in the process. Advice: alert your neighbourhood before you press play.

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SKLOSS Build A Titanic Wall Of Metallic Turmoil On New Single ‘IMAGINE 100 DADS’

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Daily electricity to load your batteries

15 January 2025

Band: SKLOSS
Who: Husband-and-wife duo – American drummer/vocalist Karen Skloss and Scottish guitarist/vocalist Sandy Carson who blend heavy psychedelia, post-metal drones, meditative drums, and raw distorted riffs performed with honesty and deliberation.
They released their debut EP Voices Travel Through This in 2022.

New single: IMAGINE 100 DADS

2nd piece, following the title track The Pattern Speaks, from
their upcoming debut LP, out March 7th. More info right here.

“IMAGINE 100 DADS is a cathartic shifting of darkness into light. We finished writing
it just as we helped Karen’s dad cross over, so it has a personal edge, but the journey
can be applied to anything”.


New album artwork

TUTV: Except for some enigmatic wailing at the start, it’s like if noizz experts
Sonic Youth are freewheeling in the studio with all amps turned up to the max
and no decibels restriction. A titanic wall-of-metallic turmoil with distorted
guitars and sinewy drumming grabs you by the throat for 6.18 minutes.

A stupefying experience.
A dumbfounding stroke.

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SKLOSS – Blistering Noise Duo Thunder On And On With New Roller Coaster ‘THE PATTERN SPEAKS’

Posted on by JL

Daily electricity to load your batteries

23 November 2024

Band: SKLOSS
Who: Austin based duo that started their journey as a husband-and-wife duo between
American drummer/vocalist Karen Skloss and Scottish guitarist/vocalist Sandy Carson during the COVID lockdown. Surrounded by drums and amps and the need to play loud, the sonic sound of SKLOSS became a response to the crazy world just outside their window. Jams became songs, while the noise level, experimentation and distortion went up to a volume much louder than you’d expect from a duo.

“Living next to the woods has something to do with it. We started to use music
as an outlet, like most everyone during that time, we were so cooped up.”

Track: THE PATTERN SPEAKS
Piece from their upcoming debut LP, entitled
The Pattern Speaks, out in March 2025.
More info here

Press info: “The Pattern Speaks is a message in a bottle, a cosmic plea for assistance
from the stars, space aliens, or non-human intelligence. It also hints at a way out of our self-made cycles of drudgery and inhumanity. Across these eight equally pulverising and ethereal tracks, the result is a powerful, atmospheric wall of ‘spacegaze’ that indulges SKLOSS’ heaviest and gentlest sonic impulses all at once. The title track offers a preview
of what’s in store.”

TUTV: Expect the power-driven buzz and fuzz of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club mixed with
stoner rock dynamics, Black Sabbath-like drones and eerie voices out of the darkness. It feels like some kind of imminent danger is in the air on this never-ending, motorik roller roaster. I wonder how this duo, like the White Stripes did and the Black Keys do, produce more decibels than a full-on rock band.

Bone-chilling. Spine-tingling. Mind-twisting.

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