Pinkish Black

Pinkish Black is an American experimental sci-fi avant-metal synth-doom band from Fort Worth, Texas.[1] The musical duo includes drums and synthesizer/keyboard only.

Pinkish Black
Pinkish Black at Roadburn Festival 2017
Pinkish Black at Roadburn Festival 2017
Background information
OriginFort Worth, Texas
GenresExperimental rock, psychedelic rock, drone, gothic rock, electronica, vaporwave, avant-metal
Years active2010-present
LabelsCentury Media Records, Handmade Birds, Relapse Records
MembersDaron Beck
Jon Teague
Website

Formation (2010)

In 2005, the members were part of an experimental hard rock trio called The Great Tyrant. After Tommy Atkins, the bassist for The Great Tyrant, committed suicide in 2010, the remaining members continued on as a duo ultimately named Pinkish Black.[2][3] Daron Beck played keyboards and vocals and Jon Teague remained on drums and synths,

Self-titled debut (2011-2012)

The band had been signed from the Dada Drumming record label to Handmade Birds. Here, they spent a great deal of time recording and mixing the music for their upcoming debut. On May 5, 2012, the self-titled LP was released.

Century Media & Relapse Records (2012-Present)

Beck and Teague were signed to Century Media Records on November 12, 2012.[4] Their second album Razed to the Ground was released on September 17, 2013.[5]

On December 4, 2014, Relapse Records announced that they had signed the band, and that the label would be releasing both Pinkish Black's third full-length and the final works of Pinkish Black predecessors The Great Tyrant (entitled The Trouble With Being Born).[6]

In 2019, Relapse released an album called Concept Unification which explored themes of anxiety, futility and emptiness that Beck claims to have experienced as a child after Showbiz Pizza rebranded itself into a Chuck E. Cheese's.[7]

In 2020, they released a joint album with avant-jazz band Yells at Eels entitled Vanishing Light in the Tunnel of Dreams.[8]

Discography

Studio albums

  • 2012: Pinkish Black (Handmade Birds)[9]
  • 2013: Razed to the Ground (Century Media)
  • 2015: Bottom of the Morning (Relapse Records)[10]
  • 2019: Concept Unification (Relapse Records)[11]
  • 2020: Vanishing Light in the Tunnel of Dreams (Ayler Records)[12]

References
  1. Bennett, J. (2019-06-11). "The Underground Sounds Of America: Pinkish Black". Kerrang!. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  2. Weekly, Fort Worth (2010-03-03). "Tommy Atkins (1974-2010)". Fort Worth Weekly. Archived from the original on 2013-06-30. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  3. Freedman, Pete (2010-02-25). "R.I.P. Tommy Atkins of The Great Tyrant". Dallas Observer. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  4. "Century Media Records - Pinkish Black: : signs to Century Media". www.centurymedia.com. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  5. Nelson, Michael (2013-08-08). "Pinkish Black – "Kites And Vultures" (". Stereogum. Archived from the original on 2021-05-30. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  6. "Pinkish Black Sign to Relapse Records + Set to Enter Studio". Relapse Records. 2014-12-04. Archived from the original on 2015-07-03. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  7. McPhate, Christian (2019-06-14). "Metal Band Pinkish Black Wrote Album Inspired by Traumatic Chuck E. Cheese's Rebranding". Dallas Observer. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  8. Fletcher, David (2020-05-14). "Pinkish Black and Yells at Eels Make a Soundtrack to Isolation". Dallas Observer. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  9. "Pinkish Black: Pinkish Black". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  10. Van Horn, Jr., Ray (2016-02-28). "Bottom of the Morning - PINKISH BLACK". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  11. Treppel, Jeff (2019-06-13). "Album Review: Pinkish Black - 'Concept Unification'". Decibel Magazine. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  12. Pinkish Black/Yells at Eels, Vanishing Light in the Tunnel of Dreams. Review by Alex Henderson, NYCJR, August 2020, Issue 220, page 20 - retrieved 4 August 2020.
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