Lokai | pl

(2011-2014) Molokai was an instrumental surf punk band from Bitola, Macedonia, formed by three high school friends. Influenced by bands like Fugazi, Man or Astro-Man, Polska Malca, Slacktone and so on, they were the first band to bring the surf sound to the independent Macedonian music scene. Their first album was released on the very influential local independent label Napravi Zaedno, while their second one was self-released. During their 3 years of existence they managed to release 2 albums, play 40 shows and go on a Balkan tour, something that few teenage bands from Macedonia have achieved. Band members: Damjan...

Lokai's debut album continues a brilliant run of form for the Mego- allied Mosz label. This Austrian duo, comprising Florian Kmet and Stefan Németh, centre their spare, measured explorations on the many sounds of the electric guitar: leaving openended arpeggios hanging in elegantly distressed space and garlands of feedback intertwined with fiendishly processed electronic noise. The juxtaposition of unhinged sonics with professional attention to detail is invigorating throughout - check out the molten, wayward electricity smeared wantonly across the stark, monochrome spaces of "Taora Atoll", or the interplay between the swelling skeins of guitar and the measured sub- bass modulations...