The offbeat, punk-fueled single “Television” from San Diego alt. band King Whisker is a weirded-out, scrappy riff that sounds like a blender mix of Devo, The Talking Heads and Weezer.
The single is set to appear on King Whisker’s upcoming 2021 debut album. The band is DIY’ing the project from top to bottom – recording, producing, and distributing it on their own, and by their own terms.
Recording in a 10 by 12-foot tiny room, the track is a nod to the BLM movement that swept across the United States in 202o.
Recorded by diverse artists that include members who are gay, non-binary, multi-racial, female, bi-polar, and autistic, the recording features hand-made and hand-modified instruments, cables, and pedals.
Frontman Charlie Rohlfs says that rather than waiting out the pandemic to do anything, the band took online classes from Berklee, scraped together funds and whatever gear and equipment they could muster, and hit the ground tearing.
The other band members are Jeremy Houtz (drums); Alex Warton (guitar); Ash Busse (keyboards) and Kevin Reith (bass). Their influences ranged from Pixies, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, The Police, Queens of the Stone Age, and more.
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