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KOOK

by KOOK

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1.
Play Dead 04:07
So play dead only once because I want you to My life's a bloody mess, I give it back to you Lay there I'll tell the monster with the bolts to sing I don't care anymore 'cause the bell's about to ring Pain - High - Electric - Sky Well you're a cold one now and you will be the bride This ain't no suicide or a heart attack Lonely I'm all alone then you lay next to me Once more now to you I say, that the bell's going to ring Pain - High - Electric - Sky Electric - High - Electric - Bride Don't try to run and hide, slut you're the dying bride It's cold today I listened...what you choose, you said what you know Still cold and damp Seen change to true, your life it fits you Your life no mind No more you play dead, play dead-that suits you Play dead in sin Play dead...
2.
Not killing me You not killing me Creeping all alone-into the lonely wicked night Underneath the stars above-in the shadows of delight Waiting what is that-just there among the trees Could it be the enemy-getting close not killing me You not killing me Drifting in those shadows-of the lonesome lonely night To be all alone-and calling out for the fight Waiting what is that-just there amongst the trees Your eyes will be shut-your're not close to killing me Your move, where do i stand? Not killing me Because I'm not alone Was it you, was it me, was it plain to deceive? Evil eyes, evil cries, hypnotize and disguise You were wrong, to be right, were they all parasites If i bleed , will you bleed, you will bleed, you will bleed Your move, where do i stand? Not killing me Because I'm not alone
3.
You broke the silence You broke the silence Got my patience running down The Eye's awoken The Eye's awoken And the fire will scorch the ground My ears are bleeding My ears are screaming Edge madness from the sound The eye's awoken You won't believe it When I burn that fucker down When the Eye of Gold rains down Fire... When the Eye of Gold The forge is running The fire's burning Molten magma melting down The end is coming The forge is running And the fire will scorch the ground The Eye is heating Soon you'll be screaming Howls of death-your only sound The Eye is ready The Eye is ready Come to burn that fucker down When the Eye of Gold rains down fire When the Eye of Gold rains down When the Eye of Gold rains down Fire... When the Eye of Gold Fire and ash, heat and smoke, and flames As you scream for death Fire and ash, heat and smoke, and flames As you scream for death Fire and ash, heat and smoke, and flames Taking your last breath... When the Eye of Gold rains down Fire... When the Eye of Gold
4.
Crawl 06:44
With the full moon on rise Should take this flight High in fog That devil's in disguise To roam the night As they fall Thick clouds are covering As the fiend within Turns then hunts its victims Mindless they're moving in slow Motion too slow And then caught Reflections never change, they rearrange That shadow on the wall, I watched it crawl Walk in the shadows now On the prowl As your're lost That devil's in disguise Howls in the night As they fall Thick clouds are covering As the fiend within Turns then hunts its victims Mindless they're moving in slow motion too slow And now gone Reflections never change they rearrange that shadow on the wall i watched it crawl With the full moon on rise I'll take a flight Should I be all alone I know...
5.
Demonize 06:10
Little one got me wrong, got me wrong oh little one Run away, save yourself, save yourself and save your soul I'm not right, wrong inside, demon's coming run and hide When he comes all will fall You got me wrong All dead leaves they fall On scabbed knees I crawl Awake-the demons eye Way you moved me, slowed down time My knees got weak, so amusing, Found it hard to even speak. I'm not right, wrong inside nowhere to hide The demons here all will fall You got me wrong All dead leaves they fall On scabbed knees i crawl Awake-the demons eye And here we sit, as they all trip Too spaced to stay, now fade away Awake now Gone Demon's eye
6.
Why 06:03

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"You should take that name for everything it implies. KooK is a wild, whimsical mix of freewheeling riffs, unhinged vocals, and sweet, sweet bluesy doom.

This six track album ranks right up there with the grit of last year’s Geezer LP, the wound-up energy of The Watchers’ Sabbath Highway, and the inventiveness of The Great Electric Quest’s Chapter 1."

-Billy Goate, Doomed and Stoned


"...KOOK proceeded through a rip-roaring set with all manner of weird sound effects being produced throughout by the vocals, guitar and bass, as the drums pounded out in all sorts of changing time signatures, bringing order out of chaos in a strangely melodic yet not-of-this-world sound. In one fell swoop my mind was stolen from me and I was hooked. Fast forward about eight or ten months...to one of my most anticipated album releases in quite some time.

So here I sit, pondering these six tracks… “Who does KOOK sound like” you might ask? That is a question that is hard to answer, KOOK ultimately, sound like KOOK, and that is a rare thing these days for a band to have so many familiar qualities yet sound completely different from everything else out there. Maybe it’s a conspiracy, maybe it’s a cult movement, maybe they’ve come to steal your mind!!! No, I’m sure it’s harmless. Why don’t you just sit down there and put these headphones on and stare into this eye of gold and let go of your thoughts for awhile? I promise, in a few minutes you’ll feel right as the rain…"

-Riffcaster, The Ripple Effect

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released April 8, 2017

Album Lineup:
Troy Aschenbrenner-Vocals
Mike Donofrio-Drums
Karl Larson-Guitar
Jeff Wilson-Bass

Recorded and mixed by Chris Hughes
Mastered by Tony Reed
Album art by Adam Burke

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KOOK San Jose, California

Karl Larson-Guitar
Troy Aschenbrenner-Vocals
Eric Wilkins-Drums
Jeff Wilson- Bass

The incredible combination of volume, substance(s), and love for all things heavy. It's hard to boil down what we do into a few words. The music is rich, complicated, hypnotic, dark, spooky, sleazy, powerful, groovy, campy, blah, blah, blah....HEAVY.
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