New York, NY (Top40 Charts) New York City-based psychedelic dreampop band MALKA present the second single from their debut EP, The Constant State, entitled 'Wolves and Sheep'. The single, like the other tracks in this collection, takes listeners on a genre-melding journey, ebbing and flowing through the realms of spacey dreampop, post-rock, shoegaze, and psychedelic rock. The first single from this EP was 'Mientras Se Respira', highlighted with a surreal trippy video.
This EP was recorded at both APT Studio (NYC) and Elohino studio (NJ), mixed by Darko Saric, and mastered at 825 Studios by Grammy Award-winning engineer Butch Jones (Madonna, Talking Heads, Iggy Pop, The Gun Club, B-52s).
The songs are evocative both musically and lyrically, touching on metaphysical, existential and interpersonal subject matter with an honesty that resonates to an emotional core. Their music is a reflection of the triumph and tragedy of the world, compelling us to look deeper into the realms of our consciousness. Malka is trying to stretch the concept of songs to make them sound more like emotional lapses of time.
The vocal melodies assume an instrumental form and transcend language, adding transparency to bilingual Spanish-English lyrics shared between three lead vocalists.
The Constant State is on Bandcamp, as well as iTunes and streaming through Spotify, Rdio, etc. The single 'Mirame' is available as a free download via Noisetrade at https://noisetrade.com/malkanyc/mirame
"One of the best guitar records of the year" - The Revue
"A sterling example. An impressively aggressive blast, that doesn't shaft melody in the process. Sounds like if Kevin Shields had decided that MBV really needed a drummer like John Bonham" - Overblown Magazine
"Right at the edge of nugaze, moving it and reshaping it. Somewhere between Sigur Ros, Pink Floyd and Mogwai"
Producer Marc Joy (Mike Peters, Bernard Butler, Golden Fable)
"A sonic landscape full of psychedelic impressions, stunning emotive shoegaze & dreampop flair" - Del Chaney, Primal Music Blog / Primal Radio
"Easiest described as shoegaze or dreampop, certainly taking on both genres to beautiful effect" - Deadly Music
"A brilliant blend of shoegazer, dreampop and post-rock" - Pedro Damian, Shoegazer Alive
"Covering the listener in a soft caress of aural intoxication... melding folds of echoing guitars and synths" - Emerging Indie Bands Blog
"Very soundtracky experience. Redolent in many ways of Gong and the whole European freer and communal music movements, including Krautrock... gives the impression of a phantom poppy edge, like a comp of the hits all these bands had back in the day...in an alternative world :-) there is a Mogwai vibe too, but fresher somehow" - Joe Foster (Creation Records)
TRACKLIST:
1) A Flock Of Crows
2) For Now We Live
3) Mientras Se Respira
4) Wolves And Sheep
5) Diamond Girl
6) Corazon Sin Sangre
7) Swoon
MALKA IS:
Darko Saric- guitars, synths, & vocals
Mike Dawson- drums
EJ DeCoske- guitars, synths, & vocals David Ciauro- bass & vocals
