Stream the latest album from Atlanta's Sonen: "Inside the Sun" + videos...

Stream the latest album from Atlanta’s Sonen: “Inside the Sun” + videos…

December 5, 2013 0 Comments

press release:

..::BIO::..INSIDE THE SUN

Atlanta, GA electro-pop duo Sonen, consisting of Keith Evans and Holly Mullinax, make blindingly bright, telescopic dance-pop that seems to race at a marathon pace from your speakers. -Beats Per Minute

SONEN, the Atlanta, GA electro-pop duo made up of Keith Evans and Holly Mullinax, make music you wouldn’t expect to come from a city known for Hip Hop and Garage Rock. Yet ATL has a rich underground music and art scene that is both inspiring and exciting, and it’s in that creative incubator that SONEN came to be. The group’s deeply resonant bass lines, vintage tinged strings and harmonious male-female vocals come together to form a seductive, compelling sound that will consume listeners entirely and leave them sweaty and satisfied.

Following a 2010 EP release, SONEN shared the stage with artists such as Diplo, STRFKR, Flying Lotus, Dam Funk, and Casio Kids; developing a reputation for, as The Big Beat so astutely observed, “turning the kids into a sweaty mess”.

When the time came for SONEN to create their debut full length, Inside the Sun, Creative Loafing’s “Best Electronic Band of Atlanta” took a multifaceted approach to the project. The duo set out to capture the excitement of their live performances (in 2012, the duo added drummer Noel Goff to the lineup to bring another layer of energy to their live show,) and combine that rapturous energy with a more intimate, alluring tone; hoping to not only compel listeners to dance, but to move them to feel.

Inside the Sun was conceptualized, written and recorded in two drastically different settings, and the album reflects that dichotomy. Splitting time between their studio in the heart of ATL and a secluded lake house in the mountains of North Carolina, Inside the Sun finds the band moving deep into the electronic realm yet tempering the harder edges with moaning analog synthesizers, carefully developed tension, and purposeful melodies; creating a sound that is both thoughtfully dynamic and equally at home on packed dance floors.

The band won Creative Loafing “Best Electronic Act of Atlanta” award from Critics and Readers in 2010 and 2011. They have been described by Frequency Magazine as “self-serious but danceable, polished but organic, SONEN’s sound is made up of all the right choices; Joy Division-esque post punk borrowed previously by Interpol mixes with something like the electro-pop bliss of The Postal Service to give the band a sonic identity all its own.”

Sonen’s setup at the beatlanta house in August 2013…