The new album To Be Cruel, out now on Sacred Bones Records.
Listen / Buy: lnk.to/tobecruel
0:00 Like a Poisoned Dog
19:20 It Wants to Fly
41:00 To Be Cruel
The reckoning of KHANATE is now. Fifteen years ago this imposing entity cut the lights. Now it turns out those muted years were but a foreboding prelude to an abrupt awakening—the era of TO BE CRUEL. Three songs newly shining light on distinct, destitute, clinging terrors. Khanate’s slow dimensions have been amplified horrifically. Personal grievances have become generational vendettas.
KHANATE is Alan Dubin (vocals), Stephen O’Malley (guitar), James Plotkin (bass) and Tim Wyskida (drums). The New York-born band have released five albums: To Be Cruel (2023), Clean Hands Go Foul (2009), Capture & Release (2005), Things Viral (2003) and Khanate (2001). Pitchfork said “even in the realm of extreme music,” Khanate’s music “is dark and distorted,” while the Washington City Paper deftly surmised: “Khanate offers realism in general and a jazz ensemble’s approach to group interplay in particular.”
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