VOID
by KEN mode
Jon
Jon
I've known about KEN mode since 2012, just never got around to buying any of their music. The rhythm section on The Shrike pushed me over the edge. Looking forward to digging into this band.
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Between the converge worship, depressing lyricism and dulcet tones, these guys have carved out an unyielding niche that continues to develop alongside the band.
NULL/VOID being a complete duology sets KENmode leaps and bounds ahead, with some insane instrumental work and experimenting across the 2 parter gives what i would argue, could be the most forward thinking record of this decade in the form of VOID Favorite track: We're Small Enough.
NULL/VOID being a complete duology sets KENmode leaps and bounds ahead, with some insane instrumental work and experimenting across the 2 parter gives what i would argue, could be the most forward thinking record of this decade in the form of VOID Favorite track: We're Small Enough.
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Streaming + DownloadIncludes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Purchasable with gift cardDownload available in 16-bit/44.1kHz.
$11 USD or more
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Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumLimited edition Artoffact Records exclusive on grey vinyl. Comes in a gatefold sleeve.
Includes unlimited streaming of VOID via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Download available in 16-bit/44.1kHz.ships out within 2 daysPurchasable with gift card$28 USD or more
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital AlbumLimited edition CD digipak edition of VOID.
Includes unlimited streaming of VOID via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Download available in 16-bit/44.1kHz.ships out within 2 daysPurchasable with gift card$13 USD or more
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ShirtHigh-quality black t-shirt with VOID cover art re-interpretation by Caroline Harrison of Randy Ortiz's original. Lots of sizes and genders available!ships out within 2 daysPurchasable with gift card
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Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumBlack vinyl with white label. This is limited to 10 units. Please note the image is a generic photo of a test pressing and yours might look different.
Includes unlimited streaming of VOID via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Download available in 16-bit/44.1kHz.ships out within 2 days4 remainingPurchasable with gift card$100 USD or more
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Void Limited Edition Cassette
Cassette + Digital AlbumLimited to 100, cassette edition of the 'Void' LP
Please note there will be shipping delays on the cassettes while the band is on tour - these are shipped from the band's HQ in Canada.
Includes unlimited streaming of VOID via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Download available in 16-bit/44.1kHz.Sold Out
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The Shrike
04:10
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I need this to stop - you can't keep coming back. This cyclical nightmare, an altered state under attack. An unwelcomed distraction, I was spent so long ago. You are not welcome in this space any more. There is no escape from our mistakes as you won't admit one ever took place. The Shrike. I do not want to feel this way. Sometimes you are left behind, sometimes there is no way out. This designed collapse of civil dignity: is this not progress? This is where you'd have us be? Crushing in its loss. I don't care. This isn't for me.
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Painless
02:31
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This time I’ll plead, I’m desperate. Help; this cannot continue this way. I will not help pull you from this misery. This is not a guilt trip; I’m just losing my grip. You are on your own. All senses, a ghost - forgotten pieces, with a forced lapse. Unwelcome reflection, every time that I go back to this lost space where that scared boy once hoped to be someone stronger. An apprehension unprovoked. You are all alone. Most wish that you were never here.
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These Wires
07:54
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I can barely feel these wires now. I do not feel like this will ever end. Why would anything feel right again? Slight, misted perception pulsating pains - this hopeless endeavour. You are depleting me - a tarnished punishment, lost in this cyclical thought. Why would anything feel right again? Brought right back to where we left off. Falling off, fallen apart - we're falling off, we've fallen apart. Just let me rest again. Every lasting piece of weakened resolve - let there be a calming reassurance. Let me believe there's something more despite knowing full well there's not. I can't feel like this much longer. A forced, and helpless closure. I can barely feel these wires now. Will this never end?
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We're Small Enough
04:16
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I Cannot
03:49
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A Reluctance of Being
06:56
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I'm never going to be okay. I can feel my senses dull. Every waking moment hurts just a little bit more. A lifetime of building, crumbling down. An eternal white out of endless grey, with no comfort in this numbness. There needs to be a release.
I need to be released. This overwhelming pressure of teeth grinding in my skull. Left reeling from a permeating itch tossing in the night. My last resort. I can't, so I won't. I can't, so I won't. I'll never let you be okay. We're never going to be okay.
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I cannot stay long, with a sudden exhalation. A quivering leaf in the sun and a heartfelt obsession. We were never young. We were never strong. It's of so little consequence that you forgive me now now that I'm gone. The heat is gone. I've only got so far that I can fall. None of it will be remembered, none of it deserves any recollection, after all. Where was there left to go, but to dance about in our decay? Where was there left to go? Much to our reciprocal dismay. Now that I'm gone, you're free.
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Not Today, Old Friend
05:03
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One hundred indelicate reassurances coalesce into a single vexing nicety that breaks like a wave of ammonia against the arch of my contorting brow. A warm gesture if nothing else how kind. That kindness, no matter how grating that concern, no matter how fleeting that love, no matter how bloodless: has been noted and isn't that what matters? That you've been thanked? Whether or not I even remember your name?
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about
KEN mode's 9th LP on 12" vinyl, CD, cassette and digital download.
VOID, the companion piece to last year's NULL LP, has a decidedly more melancholy and disappointed aesthetic than its predecessor. Featuring 8 new tracks recorded and produced throughout the fall and winter of 2021 by Andrew Schneider, mastered by Carl Saff, with artwork and layouts by the band's longtime collaborator Randy Ortiz.
Released Sept 22, 2023. Shane Mehling of Decibel Magazine describes it as "It's like the first record is you fighting, and this one is you losing".
VOID, the companion piece to last year's NULL LP, has a decidedly more melancholy and disappointed aesthetic than its predecessor. Featuring 8 new tracks recorded and produced throughout the fall and winter of 2021 by Andrew Schneider, mastered by Carl Saff, with artwork and layouts by the band's longtime collaborator Randy Ortiz.
Released Sept 22, 2023. Shane Mehling of Decibel Magazine describes it as "It's like the first record is you fighting, and this one is you losing".
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released September 22, 2023
This profile is managed by the guys at Artoffact Records. If you order from here your email will be added to their mailing list, but that's what you always wanted, right?
Guilty Parties:
Jesse Matthewson – vocals, guitar, synth // Shane Matthewson – drums, percussion // Scott Hamilton – bass, backing vocals // Kathryn Kerr – saxophone, synth, piano, backing vocals
Cello on ‘These Wires’ and ‘Not Today, Old Friend’ by Natanielle Felicitas.
Backing vocals on ‘These Wires’ by Tesia Rhind.
Violin on ‘A Reluctance of Being’ by John Paul Peters.
All songs by KEN mode. All lyrics by Jesse Matthewson, except ‘He Was A Good Man’ by Jesse and Scott, and ‘Not Today, Old Friend’ by Scott Hamilton.
Recorded fall 2021 @ Private Ear Recording in Winnipeg, MB, Canada by Andrew Schneider.
Mixed by Andrew Schneider, and produced by Andrew Schneider and KEN mode.
Mastered January 2022 by Carl Saff. Artwork and layout by Randy Ortiz.
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.ken-mode.com
All songs copyright KEN mode. Produced with the participation of Manitoba Film and Music.
This profile is managed by the guys at Artoffact Records. If you order from here your email will be added to their mailing list, but that's what you always wanted, right?
Guilty Parties:
Jesse Matthewson – vocals, guitar, synth // Shane Matthewson – drums, percussion // Scott Hamilton – bass, backing vocals // Kathryn Kerr – saxophone, synth, piano, backing vocals
Cello on ‘These Wires’ and ‘Not Today, Old Friend’ by Natanielle Felicitas.
Backing vocals on ‘These Wires’ by Tesia Rhind.
Violin on ‘A Reluctance of Being’ by John Paul Peters.
All songs by KEN mode. All lyrics by Jesse Matthewson, except ‘He Was A Good Man’ by Jesse and Scott, and ‘Not Today, Old Friend’ by Scott Hamilton.
Recorded fall 2021 @ Private Ear Recording in Winnipeg, MB, Canada by Andrew Schneider.
Mixed by Andrew Schneider, and produced by Andrew Schneider and KEN mode.
Mastered January 2022 by Carl Saff. Artwork and layout by Randy Ortiz.
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.ken-mode.com
All songs copyright KEN mode. Produced with the participation of Manitoba Film and Music.
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KEN mode Winnipeg, Manitoba
Metal/hardcore influenced "Extreme Noise Rock"
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