Shonk Wicketkeeper SKU: MER17 Barcode: 8436022626980 19.00 £19.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Meritprop Released Date: 16th October 2020 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Instrument-swapping London/Margate trio Wicketkeeper share news of their debut LP, Shonk, arriving on October 16th via Meritorio Records. Fourteen tracks of DIY outsider guitar-pop with nods to Pavement and Sebadoh, Shonk was recorded at the Gun Factory in Homerton with producer Lindsay Corstorphine (Sauna Youth, Primitive Parts) and captures the trio – comprised of brothers Simon (vocals, drums, guitar) and Alex Morley (bass, drums, guitar), and Ryan Oxley (bass, guitar) – at the peak of their insouciant powers. The news is accompanied by new single ‘The Side’: three minutes of crunchy guitar pseudo-Mascisisms and sun-flecked power-pop vocal harmonies, rooted in the dizzying sensation of finding a real-life doppelganger of yourself. As Simon describes it, “Have you ever seen someone in a crowd and recognised them, but then realised it’s because they look like you? I have, it probably says something about my ego tbh. One of my favourite songs to play live because it’s got a real loose breezy vibe, which suits my, erm ‘style’ of ‘drumming’! The lyrics swing quite erratically from droll arrogance to romantic realism, with a sprinkling of Michael McIntyre-esque observational comedy (facepalm).” Drawn from a collection of over 50 (!) songs written during a few years of Wicketkeeper loosely identifying as a band, Shonk offers a snapshot of their charmingly upbeat indie-rock recorded live in two days with Corstorphine. It includes the previously-released singles ‘Spin’, ‘Feeling’, ‘OK’ and ‘Night Night (Whatever)’, which have seen the band play across our fair isles alongside Cloud Nothings, Squid, Spielbergs and Japanese Breakfast, as well as releasing a split 12″ with Car Seat Headrest (via Luau Records, UK) and the Wicketkeeper EP on cassette (Reefers Records, US). This, though, marks the definitive iteration of the band’s disarmingly infectious racket, and while its breezy sonic palette may belie ruminations on the banality of everyday life and the importance of love in the face of certain, eventual death, these are ultimately songs engineered to crack grins; jokes and yarns between pals that we’re all in on. As Oxley explains: “This was always about three friends with no songs, getting into a practice room in North London and seeing what came of it. The only caveat being, it had to make us smile. None of us could play drums, there was no conversation about ‘what should we sound like?’, this is just how we sounded when we all plugged in and played together. Over a few years we got together when we could, and even played a few gigs here and there, and then came Shonk. Yeah, sure, by the time it comes out it will have been years since some of these songs were written but it’s still those same three friends, those same three smiles, just now with 14 songs (and some). From the practice room to the, well, practice room.” Artist Wicketkeeper Genre Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label Meritprop Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings A Lot To Lose I Can't Believe The Side Over and Over Night Night (Whatever) Modest Breakfast Wired Bodies Feeling Spin Welcome Tired OK Cigarettes Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Wicketkeeper and more from Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo View Product Quick View Wicketkeeper Zambroni Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Umpire Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 22nd September 2023 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Wicketkeeper Zambroni £25.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Umpire Records SKU: UMPIRE5 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 22nd September 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Come Peel Sessions Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Fire Records | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 25th February 2022 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Come Peel Sessions £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Fire Records SKU: FIRELP641 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 25th February 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Pinback Some Offcell Voices Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Temporary Residence | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 19th January 2024 £29.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Pinback Some Offcell Voices £29.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Temporary Residence SKU: TRR286LPC2 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 19th January 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Worriers Warm Blanket Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Ernest Jenning Record Co | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 7th April 2023 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Worriers Warm Blanket £18.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Ernest Jenning Record Co SKU: EJRC201 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 7th April 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Kagoule Strange Entertainment Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Alcopop | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 26th October 2018 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Kagoule Strange Entertainment £17.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Alcopop SKU: ALCOPOP174X Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 26th October 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Folk Implosion Music For KIDS Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Domino | 2LP Released 8th September 2023 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Folk Implosion Music For KIDS £26.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Domino SKU: REWIGLP144 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 8th September 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Brokedowns Sick Of Space Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Red Scare Industries | 1LP Released 15th June 2018 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Brokedowns Sick Of Space £16.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Red Scare Industries SKU: CCCP211LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 15th June 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dealing With Damage Ask More Questions Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Little Rocket Records | 1LP Released 2nd April 2021 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dealing With Damage Ask More Questions £21.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Little Rocket Records SKU: LRR39LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 2nd April 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Anti-Flag American Fall Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Spinefarm Records | 1LP Released 3rd November 2017 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Anti-Flag American Fall £18.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Spinefarm Records SKU: SPINE789438 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 3rd November 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Wednesday 13 Condolences Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Nuclear Blast | 2LP Released 2nd June 2017 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Wednesday 13 Condolences £17.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Nuclear Blast SKU: NE3992-1 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 2nd June 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Fugazi Repeater Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Dischord | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 4th August 2023 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Fugazi Repeater £21.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Dischord SKU: DIS44 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 4th August 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Start again
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