In watching the video for SKLOSS’s “The Pattern Speaks” a bit of the mood is set when the neon light above the doors to a night time hours BRODIE FOOD MART only has the letters to “DIE MART” lit up as the clerk cleans the doors the a refrigerated case. What could be next? Security camera footage and one of the employees reading Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States before getting on the mic to sing after yet another has started a fuzzy, moody guitar riff. Customers file in seemingly in a hazy frame of mind while the song expands into a kind of heavy, driving psychedelic drone and ghostly vocals courtesy the drummer who mere moments before was reading that Zinn book. The song ramps up to hypnotic, fiery propulsive passages before going off the forward progression established into another pattern and the guitarist joins on vocals trading vocal lines with the drummer whose hat clearly says “Die Mart” and hey both are wearing that had as the customers nod and groove to the undeniable primal rhythm the band has established. But the fun draws to a close with people checking their phones and the band back to duties working the convenience store. But it’s also nice to know that some six plus minutes seemed to just breeze by in the wake of SKLOSS’s sonic frisson. Watch the video for “The Pattern Speaks” on YouTube and follow SKLOSS on Spotify. The duo’s debut album, also titled The Pattern Speaks, is due out March 7, 2025 via Fuzz Club for download, streaming and limited edition cloudy orange vinyl.
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