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Zoon Releases New Video “Landscapes” From His Debut Album Bleached Wavves

By T.J. Zoon is happy to announce that his new video, “Landscapes” has just been released off his debut album, Bleached Wavves. Bleached Wavves was released via Paper Bag Records in June of this year. So far, Bleached Wavves has spend 7 weeks at the #1 position on Canada’s Earshot chart this year. Zoon aka Daniel Monkman tells us that “‘Landscapes’ was a political art experiment about the concerning amount of soul sucking ‘jobs’ that are only available to people living under the poverty line. When I first moved to Hamilton, Ontario, I could only find factory jobs that were extremely repetitive so I tried to express that in a musical sense. My goal was to create something like a loop of sound to give the listener a sense of madness. Because that’s the reality of those types of factory / assembly line jobs. I saw so much pain in the workers and that stuck with me. I didn’t realize that when politicians say during their campaign ‘we created 10,000 new jobs’ that they actually mean they’ve created 10,000 new ways to slowly kill vulnerable citizens.” Canadian musician Daniel Monkman is the man behind the moniker Zoon. Zoon refers to his music as “Moccasin-gaze.” His style of music is a form of combining guitar noise with rhythms inspired by First Nations traditions along with his inspiring lyrics and vocals. Monkman was raised near Winnipeg in the Brokenhead Ojibwe Nation. As a teenager, he was totally enamored by the music termed as ‘shoegaze’ and he was very much a fan of the band My Bloody Valentine. Unable to find anybody interested in the same music he was in to, he moved to nearby Selkirk, where he started his odyssey into music. While there he formed a band called The Blisters, which performed between 2011 and 2015. During that time The Blisters recorded one EP titled “Insects.” After that he moved to Hamilton, Ontario in 2018 where he formed the band Bloom. It was there were he released his solo EP, titled “Bleached Wavves.” Several record labels became interested in him, but he decided to sign with Paper Bag Records, where he changed his name to Zoon, which is a shortened version of the Ojibwe word Zoongide’ewin, which means ‘bravery, courage, the Bear Spirit.’ Paper Bag Records really liked what they heard in his EP and now the expanded version of Bleached Wavves has blossomed into his first debut album. It’s been some kind of ride for Zoon, but he certainly made the best of it. A lot of praise has been extended to Zoon and Bleached Wavves by sources such as Brooklyn Vegan, Talkhouse, Paste, Magnet, Exclaim, American Songwriter, Under The Radar, and Exclaim Magazine Bleached Wavves didn’t come that easy for Zoon (Daniel Monkman). Daniel spend a lot of time on these masterful songs working with just his guitar and a digital delay pedal trying to emulate the sounds he was hearing in his head. Sometimes he had to take long breaks of weeks before returning to a project to finish it. Zoon has managed to take the lowest of lows in his life and combine that with the lessons that he learned through the studying of the Seven Grandfather teaching to create songs that he hopes will inspire hope in other people. Songs on the new album include: “Clouded Formation,” “Vibrant Colours,” “Was & Always Will Be,” “Bleached Wavves,” “Brokenhead,” “A Perfect Sunset, ahead,” “Light Prism,” “Infinite Horizons,” “Landscapes,” and “Help Me Understand.”

“Monkman’s frustrations and courageous spirit exude through spiking guitar riffs and monstrous distortion.” - KEXP

“One of the album’s most enchanting overdriven guitar riff, which has an acute sense of longing. The windy guitars and calming percussion make for a transcendent experience.” - Paste Grandfather teachings after an extraordinarily rough nadir.”

tracks, “Brokenhead,” is ruled by a wicked squarely in that camp.” -Post Punk

“Thick, hypnotic shoegaze may be Monkman’s mode of sonic expression, but there’s a deep appreciation for humanity that underpins his music” - Paste

“Like much of Bleached Wavves, it’s intricate and subtle, familiar yet inventive, and rich with layers of life and sound. Zoon’s debut album is nothing short of remarkable.” - Exclaim

“Monkman covers a wide range of styles and moods in just half an hour, but it all ties into his message of healing and empowerment, along with a hint of nostalgic longing. He clearly has an abundance of ideas, and it’ll be fascinating to see where he -All Music

“If you consider that the word symphony is derived from a Greek word meaning an “agreement of sound”, it’s hard to argue that Bleached Wavves is anything but. Its swirling sounds are overwhelming in the same way that visceral memories can open the gates to an emotional deluge.” -Dominionated

“The album is a thoughtful meditation on the lessons he learned studying the Seven “As we cross the halfway mark of 2020, it’s important to critically appraise the legitimate candidates for Album of the Year as promptly as possible. The debut album from Zoongide’ewin, released 19 June, sits

goes from here.” - DecayFM

“Bleached Wavves is the perfect name for a shoegaze album deeply evocative yet highly enigmatic in equal measure.” - Apple Music

BLEACHED WAVVES LP TRACKLIST 1. Clouded Formation 2. Vibrant Colours 3. Was & Always Will Be 4. Bleached Wavves 5. Brokenhead 6. A Perfect Sunset, Ahead 7. Light Prism 8. Infinite Horizons 9. Landscapes 10. Help Me Understand

Check out the video for “Landscapes” at https://youtu.be/vAJR3AJAUWA Check out the video for “Brokenhead” at https://youtu.be/rUFwCtYxpzw Check out the video for “Bleached Wavves” at https://youtu.be/vAJR3AJAUWA Zoon on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zoonmusic/

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