Zoon (aka Zoongide'ewin) released his widely celebrated 'moccasin-gaze' debut LP Bleached Wavves, via Paper Bag Records on June 19, 2020. The record has been deeply praised by Brooklyn Vegan, Talkhouse, Paste, Magnet, Exclaim, American Songwriter, Under The Radar, and elicited a 9/10 album review from Exclaim Magazine who noted, "Zoon's debut album is nothing short of remarkable" and "it also blazes new trails in shoegaze, particularly in the way it implements sounds from traditional First Nations music, an inventive mixture Daniel Monkman cheekily calls "moccasin-gaze."
Paste just premiered "Brokenhead," the most recent video release from Zoon, they describe as a "transcendent experience." Brokenhead is the Ojibway reserve where Daniel spent a number of years growing up and his experiences there deeply informed the creative process of this album. "Brokenhead is music from a memory I had of leaving for the first time with my new truck that my father had helped me get," notes Daniel. "It was a big deal for me to drive by myself and all the way to BC." Bleached Wavves spent 7 weeks at #1 on Canada's Earshot Chart this summer. "Even though he uses the term 'moccasin-gaze' to describe his melodic wall-of reverb take on droney guitar rock, Bleached Wavves is a multi-suite concord of sound and style that's so much more than a mere rock record," enthuses Dominionated in their glowing review of the album.Watch the video for "Brokenhead" here:
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