Kind Beast - Dirty Realism (2023)

Having met as teenagers touring the late-‘90s North American post-punk scene, guitarist/vocalist Sean Madigan Hoen and drummer Dan Jaquint established an ongoing musical collaboration that for years remained a mostly-private endeavor relegated to cassette-only releases. After living together in Brooklyn, the duo found themselves returning to their home state of Michigan in 2018 where they reconnected with Detroit’s music scene and formed KIND BEAST.

Joining Hoen and Jaquint are bassist Sean Bondareff (known for a fifteen-year stint with Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels) and guitarist Martin Rodgers, fifteen years younger than the other members and who has made a name for himself as one of Detroit’s most talented guitarists. KIND BEAST pays little homage to Hoen and Jaquint’s teenage bands (Thoughts of Ionesco and Small Brown Bike, respectively) and finds itself most often compared to mature constituents of the rock/pop pantheon such as Arctic Monkeys, Spoon, and Queens of the Stone Age while discerning listeners pinpoint a deeper influence of the great indie labels of yore (Touch and Go; Dischord).

Tracklist:
1.01 - Kind Beast - The Future Is Fine (4:10)
1.02 - Kind Beast - Pull Your Stunt (4:25)
1.03 - Kind Beast - Ride The Snake (3:06)
1.04 - Kind Beast - Cry Without Shame (3:34)
1.05 - Kind Beast - Take A Shine (5:39)
1.06 - Kind Beast - No More Blues (5:10)
1.07 - Kind Beast - Highway Madness (3:49)
1.08 - Kind Beast - Up Your Spine (4:26)
1.09 - Kind Beast - Fresh Hell (3:43)
1.10 - Kind Beast - The Strange Hours (5:29)