Houka Monks
Chelmsford, UK
Indie / Funk
Bio
Emerging out of the macabre backstreets of Funk, to hijack Pop, vagabonds the Houka Monks, are as enigmatic as they are audacious. From the shadows, the relentless outsiders give no quarter with their harmonic cacophony.
Recorded in the basement, the Monks debut E.P is an alchemy of darkly beautiful vocals, interlaced between jangly guitars, retro beats and thumping bass lines. All encapsulated by the cynical lyrics of a misfit.
Comments
FATBO SEUSS:
Nicely done!! Great arrangements...keep it moving ~ FATBO SEUSS
Feb 18
Andrew Austin:
Strange things happen in Braintree ~
Aug 13
Lieutenant Grey:
"Happiness in Wholesale" just gave me a boost at work!
Jul 13
The World of Subduction:
Cool vibe here guys.
Well-Groovy.
May 24
Press
“What the Houka Monks have so ably succeeded in doing with their music is to drag Funk and his Soul sister out of their rut in the mainstream by the heels, feed them on large mugs of Indie Tea laced with carefully measured doses of Cynicism, Disquiet and Alienation and then get them to do things that they would never normally do in public. It's a well-worked sound with all the catchy syncopated guitar work, meaty bass and beats and smooth vocals that one would expect from a funk duo, but somehow a shade darker, a little more irreverent, vaguely misanthropic: the dark side of funk!”
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