https://johnbmckenna.com John B McKenna Sat, 08 Feb 2025 16:04:36 +0000 https://johnbmckenna.com en http://johnbmckenna.com/Home Sat, 08 Feb 2025 16:04:36 +0000 John B McKenna 455815 Devonanon - Richard and John Album and LP released 22nd November 2024Richard &amp; John by Devonanon Eight years after their debut, 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, audio-visual enquirers John B McKenna and Richard Greenan re-appear as Devonanon, to share the findings of a decade-long sonic experiment.Like its predecessor, 𝑹𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 &amp; 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏 is a living, breathing collection of field recordings and compositions, gathered gradually from remote corners of the pair's lives. Familiar waypoints - interwoven microtonal synths, regurgitated live performances, polite whispering, and the gurgling hum of vehicles (land and sea) - all fold into the perpetual stew.Where 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺 read like a crumpled postcard account of fraternal reportage, 𝑹𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 &amp; 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏 is a tone poem on something more amorphous, and out of time - a garbled history of human closeness, upheaval and mark-making, that seems to buckle and creak like a tapestry with no beginning or end.No two spoonfuls are the same, as our story reels through kosmische library stylings ('Wilderness Engine'), to cortex-quieting free association ('Generate Countryside'), and baroque instrumentation ('Blood Laughing').Recommended if you like CS + Kreme, Pierre Mariétan, Kirk Barley. 𝑹𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 &amp; 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏 was created in conversation with the visual artist David Huang. https://devonanon.bandcamp.com/album/richard-john <img width="1200" height="934" width_o="1200" height_o="934" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/a78d7f9fcfcf0f29b0c9f079bd795dda8b0e937995a62f43e23ea9c0745bfb58/0037811173_10-1.jpg" data-mid="1395560" border="0" data-scale="96"/> <img width="1200" height="900" width_o="1200" height_o="900" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/74cbe7b1a8f352f91629f4b15303a4b8064f008ac9475a97954d7d795cdb4de6/0037811176_10-1.jpg" data-mid="1395562" border="0" /> <img width="1200" height="900" width_o="1200" height_o="900" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/9ed416212de8bda838c5ae66b9fa257fa6894e5eb62487258cb98b1b4cf0ea04/0037811175_10-1.jpg" data-mid="1395561" border="0" /> <img width="1200" height="969" width_o="1200" height_o="969" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/81459792d7c43bfd522300fa35f499547b142ad00ec8fbdc106271003fc1c64f/0037811179_10-1.jpg" data-mid="1395563" border="0" data-scale="93"/> All Releases Devonanon - Richard and John Album and LP released 22nd November 2024Richard &amp; John by Devonanon Eight years after their debut, 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧... http://johnbmckenna.com/Sound-Art-Projects Fri, 06 Jul 2018 14:01:54 +0000 John B McKenna 278768 Sound Projects A Foreigner’s Guide to DEATHWORLD Copenhagen’s Botanic Gardens for Signal Gallery audio guide by Francis Patrick Brady and I This science fiction audio guide took place on the 9th of June 2018 at and then a sequel at KOLONIEN art biennial 17th of August 2018. <img width="644" height="960" width_o="644" height_o="960" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/8d849f53c11c86560b273287bc2f3c4c92f9aaa7abc3b1ace0bed28ff9181ead/34341806_10155238514275947_5481000640521961472_n.jpg" data-mid="488199" border="0" /> <img width="600" height="600" width_o="600" height_o="600" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/491b20aecc705f99b7d5740655fdd988f82e3bfb7969f144096ebfcff7462958/39255392_654257371625864_5073611679552503808_n.jpg" data-mid="518500" border="0" /> <img width="600" height="600" width_o="600" height_o="600" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f21310824b553b32690f927e3481fa079b2b0851750e77a9498896b57f7d343a/39280638_292755121277381_6595017768720924672_n.jpg" data-mid="518501" border="0" /> Golden BastardAlt-CPH /&nbsp; meditation/boardgame by Francis Patrick Brady <img width="1250" height="833" width_o="1250" height_o="833" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/1af1c3655f09af46fe5a944d79e5bdde946e296f29737337fc32dbf657b1b07e/GB5less.JPG" data-mid="518502" border="0" /> <img width="750" height="1000" width_o="750" height_o="1000" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c0c52f4b4864f8214f60c37e11ad6b84d78b16e099e59098385ef042b547e70f/GB4.jpg" data-mid="518504" border="0" /> <img width="750" height="1000" width_o="750" height_o="1000" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/dbc5180087396040c2aaa93ff4046bb07053b29360fdca66a9e381ee2294ae45/GB7.jpg" data-mid="518503" border="0" /> Feast of the Red Herring Moderna Museet / documentation Secret Society Roleplay by Francis Patrick Brady <img width="859" height="843" width_o="859" height_o="843" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ae4c10169a533825a2a380249c5bbcd0538af135d0f847dd9406c32009f22679/feast.png" data-mid="488200" border="0" /> “ Over a dozen artists have been invited to create and imagine every aspect of the dinner setting itself: the table, plates, cutlery, pots, placemats, cups, menu, flowers, masks, food, attire, toasts, sounds, and smells. After-the-fact, the secret dinner will be opened to the public; along with all the pieces made by invited artists and the detritus from the event itself. “ Monoganon Webportal http://monoganon.comI wanted to create an early internet new age website that is like wandering in a labyrinth of conspiracies with the promise of the secrets to the universe. Many people contributed their voices to narrate the website. <img width="937" height="651" width_o="937" height_o="651" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b32f515f3fc14a22e233bce54bee72688c13d7fb14a264f6f1594dd2b4ca36f2/asasa.png" data-mid="488201" border="0" /> Sound Projects A Foreigner’s Guide to DEATHWORLD Copenhagen’s Botanic Gardens for Signal Gallery audio guide by Francis Patrick Brady and I This science... http://johnbmckenna.com/Tours Sun, 01 Jul 2018 09:17:33 +0000 John B McKenna 278004 Shows, Tours, Events &amp; Performances Inkonst7th February 2020, Malmö w/ Waq Waq Kingdom &amp; Raja Kirik Plan B 15th November 2019, Malmö w/ TEGNERR &amp; bell lungs NX&nbsp; Shop 17th November 2019 w/ Romeo Poirier, Hesitation and many more. OK CORRAL 25th August 2019 w/ <img width="2048" height="1157" width_o="2048" height_o="1157" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/bb522bf895090bce7a86340737333b276f6047b9f4026eee09115f0423b0fb40/68947163_2507082086018207_2077313056433504256_o.jpg" data-mid="941052" border="0" /> MK GALLERY, Milton Keynes June 8th 2019w/ <img width="960" height="960" width_o="960" height_o="960" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f9a69815b05d7e44c1f273a932e4b5aa911eb3038bce906a55579e75feea7ff9/53688883_10156274805983727_715646009413206016_o.jpg" data-mid="941053" border="0" /> Howlin Fling Festival 30th May 2019, Isle of Eigg w/ <img width="678" height="960" width_o="678" height_o="960" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/951af3756559407cf573b5e1a958a2d22d079afba4fab5f8b2646e7618c6e0fa/58724866_2115211115254015_7632596363225595904_o.jpg" data-mid="941050" border="0" /> Click FestivalMay 2019 Inter Arts Center 9th March 2019, Malmö Total Fantasy Workshop Glasgow Film Festival 31st January 2019, Glasgoww/ Free Love &amp; Slow Tree Maple Death Festival18th November 2018New River Studios w/ <img width="1441" height="754" width_o="1441" height_o="754" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/81130fb667e8c0b6fe4ce5d7a412da768e085f5caafa164de5794e3a0911bf96/42990351_2136547479933612_4588127139261317120_o.jpg" data-mid="941049" border="0" /> Kit Records 5th Birthday18 Aug 2018 - Rye Wax, London *playing drums with HESITATION <img width="3508" height="3508" width_o="3508" height_o="3508" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/cb0e2c90f00d771e6bf96bca5a704ac4dad6601885ad807ee1aa898bb95181cf/kit-is-5-square.png" data-mid="517711" border="0" />Kolonien II17 Aug 2018 - Art Biennale, Rodøvre, Danmark&nbsp; <img width="1080" height="1071" width_o="1080" height_o="1071" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/cd22e29ff10d8270ae57a052977986d1df4f575c8aadb56a5009559bca0f2f3b/38537741_1968004083498558_1586120349987110912_n.jpg" data-mid="517712" border="0" /> Celsius Projects5 May 2018 - Artist Studio party, Malmö <img width="956" height="957" width_o="956" height_o="957" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/5b36eaeaa7ed4e6b945c23ad5adc2a87f0ce415f7ba7b52fd4f210a97a7d4901/31958894_10157439205764447_1712554398950883328_n.jpg" data-mid="485579" border="0" /> <img width="960" height="960" width_o="960" height_o="960" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/610566ad6b6d5bd930f88511df7a0d53ef5f0c7e0826c4519a8f8a925582e0f5/31963984_10157439206029447_7518356207451504640_n.jpg" data-mid="485578" border="0" /> Larry’s Corner, Stockholm 20 April 2018 Studio Möllan, Live Stream10 March 2018 UK tour supporting Pictish Trail17 Nov - 14 Dec 2017 Stereo Cafe Bar, Glasgow, ScotlandThe Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, UK The Crescent, York, UK The Stables, Milton Keynes, UKUnion Chapel, London, UKPaper Dress Vintage, London UKRialto Theatre, Brighton, UKPrince Albert, Stroud, UKThe Crofter’s Rights, Bristol, UKGwdihw Cafe Bar, Cardiff, WalesHenry Tudor House, Shrewsbury, UKThe Hall, Lancaster, UKThe Greystones, Sheffield, UKAssembly Rooms, Edinburgh, ScotlandThe Studio, Hartlepool, UKConroy’s Basement, Dundee, UKGlad Cafe, Glasgow, UK Burnholm Festival, Bornholm 6-8 August 2017 Monoganon performance Howlin’ Fling Festival 28-30 July 2017 Devonanon &amp; Monoganon performances Visitations Residency 20-27 July 2017<img width="4120" height="3095" width_o="4120" height_o="3095" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/02bb68ccfd9cd3229354cdfeb89da37d6d6033dbf282e7bc73e32074479f3644/IMG_20170720_213546_DRO.jpg" data-mid="485608" border="0" /> <img width="750" height="750" width_o="750" height_o="750" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/2b5a857df70ca620710e97489b6ebadb8ba97120b0ef7fa898e47161be7605b7/visitations-product-square-01.jpg" data-mid="485601" border="0" /> <img width="750" height="750" width_o="750" height_o="750" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/4c23468bdba191b12b2798eca299ca331c30ab008f82b9a2e8d43dc39891026e/visitations-product-square-03.jpg" data-mid="485602" border="0" /> Feast of the Red Herring&nbsp;18/03/17 - Moderna Museet, Malmö <img width="859" height="843" width_o="859" height_o="843" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/cc333adf6d25b663537d30b4601467058732d0513ec136247005fb69965818cc/feast.png" data-mid="485558" border="0" /> Devonanon Shows29-31 January 2017 Flat 33, Margate The Strong Rooms, London Monoganon VHS Performances <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/9c6e4f2ca3491ce12d2cf1bd3fb880a978164ef1a8f1e3765c72caaa9179bf28/ladda-ned.jpg" data-mid="485559" border="0" /> <img width="707" height="710" width_o="707" height_o="710" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/95747bba432bb31ce99bba5d719fcc1dce751c0d0d7d8d267b6323f912837f34/ladda-ned-1.jpg" data-mid="485562" border="0" /> Scandinavia 27 - 28 October 2016 Bengans Fik, Göteborg, SWE Larry’s Corner, Stockholm, SWE UK tour supporting Pictish Trail 1 - 16 October 2016 The Doublet, Glasgow, ScotlandThe Tunnels, Aberdeen, ScotlandRegather Works, Sheffield, UKThe Green Door Store, Brighton, UKRamsgate Music Hall, Ramsgate, UKNorwich Arts Centre, Norwich, UKMoth Club, London, UKThe Musician Pub, Leicester, UKLeith Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland Burnholm Festival, Bornholm 6-10 August 2016 Sirkus, Faroe Islands 21 April 2016 Rex, Malmö 7 April 2016 02 ABC, Glasgow 2 February 2015 w/ British Sea Power and Eagleowl UK tour ‘14&nbsp;w/ Tuff Love &amp; Pictish Trail4 - 25 May 2014 Bowler’s Bar, Glasgow Old Continental, Preston Railway, Winchester The Tin at the Coal Vaults, Coventry Hotel Pellirocco, Brighton Junction 2, Cambridge Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, London South Street Arts, Reading The Old Bookshop, Bristol (Matinee + Evening) St Dominic’s Catholic Club, Newcastle The Prince Albert, Stroud Night &amp; Day Cafe, ManchesterRedd Suite, Dundee UK tour ‘13&nbsp;self-organised with full band15 - 24 August 2013 The Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh, ScotlandThe Old Hairdressers, Glasgow, ScotlandThe Hop, Wakefield, UKThe Latest, Brighton, UKServant Jazz Quarters, London, UKThe Tobacco Factory, Bristol, UKGreen Man Festival, WalesTin Music &amp; Arts, Coventry, UK <img width="671" height="960" width_o="671" height_o="960" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/5d08d8217f9497b7806c30fce66989b2293828872cb979c58500da81741a32da/1005430_10153015648050046_514026016_n.jpg" data-mid="484294" border="0" /> Up until this point, I played a show almost every week in Glasgow so I’m not going to list them all.&nbsp; Often I supported a touring artist as the opening act.&nbsp; Some of those acts were: Grizzly Bear Camera Obscura, Field Music, Felix Kubin - HYGOMP 3 Franz Ferdinand, Twilight Sad - HYGOMP&nbsp;2 Frightened Rabbit Matt Berry Jeffrey Lewis Shows, Tours, Events &amp; Performances Inkonst7th February 2020, Malmö w/ Waq Waq Kingdom &amp; Raja Kirik Plan B 15th November 2019, Malmö w/ TEGNERR &amp;... http://johnbmckenna.com/Releases Sat, 30 Jun 2018 13:56:13 +0000 John B McKenna 277967 Releases Devonanon - Richard and John 2024 <img width="1200" height="1200" width_o="1200" height_o="1200" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/58e57b6046b82d5c93ab94aa2fe290ee07430bbc77998587b2eb9a7d6da2c44a/a3063432967_10.jpg" data-mid="1395569" border="0" /> Cover art: David Huang a href="https://devonanon.bandcamp.com/album/richard-john">Richard &amp; John by Devonanon Eight years after their debut, 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, audio-visual enquirers John B McKenna and Richard Greenan re-appear as Devonanon, to share the findings of a decade-long sonic experiment.Like its predecessor, 𝑹𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 &amp; 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏 is a living, breathing collection of field recordings and compositions, gathered gradually from remote corners of the pair's lives. Familiar waypoints - interwoven microtonal synths, regurgitated live performances, polite whispering, and the gurgling hum of vehicles (land and sea) - all fold into the perpetual stew.Where 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺 read like a crumpled postcard account of fraternal reportage, 𝑹𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 &amp; 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏 is a tone poem on something more amorphous, and out of time - a garbled history of human closeness, upheaval and mark-making, that seems to buckle and creak like a tapestry with no beginning or end.No two spoonfuls are the same, as our story reels through kosmische library stylings ('Wilderness Engine'), to cortex-quieting free association ('Generate Countryside'), and baroque instrumentation ('Blood Laughing').Recommended if you like CS + Kreme, Pierre Mariétan, Kirk Barley. 𝑹𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 &amp; 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏 was created in conversation with the visual artist David Huang. Hesitation - The Last Christmas 2021 <img width="1200" height="1200" width_o="1200" height_o="1200" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/180b8b722c97df26d3330f3cfae89336b5ff5ae02564638c96fa52cc10d8089a/a2406415977_10.jpg" data-mid="1395567" border="0" /> “Well aye, it’s that time of year again and we’re all sick of hearing the same seasonal shite, but these smudged takes on the classics are offering welcome respite. It’s very much historic classical, not modern, as Hesitation tackle the real old skool diamonds such as ye olde favourites ’Silent Night’ and ‘In The Bleak Midwinter’, or the nativity naivety of ‘Away In A Manger’ with an ambient-pop lightness of touch that doesn’t feel cloying, surely refreshing their timelessness for tired ears. ‘The Last Christmas’ makes up the duo’s 3rd LP together since 2018’s eponymous debut, and warmly speaks to their fraternal familiarity and nous, cannily mostly leaving out the more religious lyrics and themes for a lowkey secular slant that treats the melodies loosely in a way to be enjoyed by all during the season of goodwill and over-imbibing. Their reedy recorder-like instrumental rendition of ‘In The Bleak Midwinter’ is a lovely highlight, and the curdled vocal in ‘Oh Little Town of Bethlehem’ should raise a wry chuckle, while ’Silent Night’ is strung out like an particularly opiated Low, and ‘Away In a Manger’ is most beautifully smudged to an ambient bliss-out, with ‘Once in Royal David’s City’ rent as a gloriously slurred drone guitar version that seals the deal with a ribbon bow. Nyawwww, good lads.” Boomkat, 2021 Hesitation - Triple Bluff 2020 <img width="1200" height="1200" width_o="1200" height_o="1200" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/8b8872cfbfbb6033c3e9b175149d932bcc3db4ce6ac8dd82d8e4102717b2e9c4/a2915916480_10.jpg" data-mid="1395565" border="0" /> Triple Bluff by HESITATION “ Sky kissing fuzzy pastoral blissouts by Hesitation, gently tilting toward kosmiche and drone rock horizons on a sweetly ambitious 2nd LP recorded with an expanded line-up. Captured during a 3-day residency in Malmö, Sweden, ’Triple Bluff’ speaks to the warm and familial vibe between the core duo of Chris Catlin (Reckno/Yaard) and Richard Greenan (Devon Loch/Devonanon) and their newly expanded band of John B McKenna (Undermedvetenheten), Galina Juritz (Stacey Juritz Ravens Keller) and Francis P Brady (Frand) in a way primed to stroke the pleasure tentacles of VU, Spacemen 3, or Galaxie 500 fans. Pushing off with the iridescent guitar glitter and humming synth pads of ‘Sapling’ they describe tranquil pastoral scenes in ‘Outrageous Drive’ and lure us into eerier ambient simulacra on ‘Aviary’, along with the sublime floating raga drone ‘Mantra’, and it really all comes together in a beautiful denouement ‘Martha’s Presence’ that strongly reminds us of moments from the amazing CS + Kreme album.” Boomkat, 2020 Undermedvetenheten 2020 <img width="1536" height="2048" width_o="1536" height_o="2048" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/6ed9d68d79d9b18d9edf460beea4a71398017685b97627e7f328396f783f431e/Face.jpg" data-mid="941047" border="0" /> UNDERMEDVETENHETEN by Undermedvetenheten <img width="1200" height="1600" width_o="1200" height_o="1600" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/903b39e6030644cfd452a6efb846fa423dcde293eead463e569992b95966c59a/108096321_10163960910400046_4447385640840065635_n.jpg" data-mid="1395568" border="0" /> "A sonic simulation of life adrift, encased in metal and plastic. Fans of Tangerine Dream and Aphex Twin take note." Electronic Sound, 2020 Monoganon - Visitations LP 2018 <img width="750" height="750" width_o="750" height_o="750" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/45f42391a2112c9c98ee6d16cf8e42aaeacfa1f5bca31b68276265ea24e1d84f/visitations-product-square-01.jpg" data-mid="485610" border="0" /> Cover art: David Galletly a href="https://lostmap.bandcamp.com/album/v-i-s-i-t-t-i-o-n-s-series-0-1">V I S I T ▲ T I O N S - SERIES 0 1 by Monoganon “The results are a satisfying reminder of the kinship between British wilderness, rave culture and beautiful wrongness.” The Quietus &nbsp; Monoganon - Killmens 2017 <img width="1000" height="717" width_o="1000" height_o="717" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/2017b96b6baa077093525ef3a2228cde76472114b834a36d076b5c5090317683/Monoganon-2.jpg" data-mid="480855" border="0" /> Cover art: Max Weiland Killmens by Monoganon“Unveiled today, new track Black Hole is suitably endearing and puzzling, the five-and-a-half minute psych-pop wonder unravelling, gently, across a bed of piano and extended vocal runs which come together to form a colourful patchwork of sound for the more pertinent lead vocal to beautifully fill the space between.” Gold Flake Paint “With Killmens it appears McKenna has hit real odyssey territory as he breaks down and blows apart basic masculinity and leaves us with an expansive psych-pop gem that we won’t stop playing for some time to come. “ Rave Child ✮✮✮✮ Norman Records Devonanon - City of All Times 2016 <img width="750" height="750" width_o="750" height_o="750" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/021714de99fb015616a3441e93f95231980778796eceaabee111b1d0da60f345/Devonanon-Lost-Cat-Cassette-2.jpg" data-mid="480851" border="0" /> City of All Times by Devonanon F A M I L Y2013 <img width="609" height="624" width_o="609" height_o="624" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/41c1afe19122b8b6ce0136e9e39f83b51aa83ed152a6db57ab9fd0fd08e95b3b/1383944_10152245000329447_839262394_n.jpg" data-mid="480868" border="0" /><img width="750" height="500" width_o="750" height_o="500" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/2305b53e185cebf56155527b1913447bbf9759d0b35a3530be99c62406a46b9c/64b1fe_20dc5c18ccbb4d339f959d8b26cba435.jpg" data-mid="484146" border="0" /> <img width="750" height="667" width_o="750" height_o="667" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c35ba4f0ae5d303a18db5190ee8c81ffd1514930d5ba30715cbce13214bcabd7/Monagon-Family-12_-vinyl-and-insert.jpg" data-mid="480853" border="0" /> F A M I L Y by Monoganon "This introspective, complex collection of psych-folk psalms and alt-pop mantras dedicated to love, and loss and awakening, seeks answers rather than offering them, and it’s all the more poignant, and precious, for it" ✮✮✮✮ The List "A disorientating mesh of angular guitar, off-kilter beats and mood piece confessionals … that slip under the skin and stay there" ✮✮✮✮ THE SKINNY Songs To Swim To2011 <img width="350" height="350" width_o="350" height_o="350" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/fa07596dd58de8c2da93365588fcc3ecf12a0537ca9c70e835163fa136b103ff/215085_10150269494684447_5284775_n.jpg" data-mid="480867" border="0" /> Cover art: Jason Mowry “The addition of a full backing band has turned John B McKenna’s project into an alt-rock marvel, The Devil’s Finger transformed into a driven opus that would bring a tear to J Mascis’ eye while Eternal See You Soon now possesses a spark of vitality that is impossible to ignore.” ✮✮✮✮ THE SKINNY Home Releases Devonanon - Richard and John 2024 Cover art: David Huang a href="https://devonanon.bandcamp.com/album/richard-john">Richard &amp; John by Devonanon...