Sky Creature Video Release Party

Sky Creature eats its young. At least, that’s what it sounds like in the Rockaway Beach duo’s visceral opening salvo.

“This band is my fantasy collaboration between Enya and Minor Threat,” says guitarist Matt Walsh. “It’s extreme and direct, but also vast and ecstatic.” The concept of Sky Creature’s first double EP reflects the basic concept of the band: the collision of two different musicians with strangely compatible sound worlds.

Sky Creature is the spiritual child of singer Majel Connery and guitarist Matt Walsh (of The Forms), who first met in a recording studio in Brooklyn in 2001, bonding over My Bloody Valentine records. The band is a euphoric collision of post-punk, trance, and deconstructed opera. The resulting sound is a magical alchemy of opposites: weightless vocals set against a raging sea of manic guitars and driving beats.

Sky Creature’s central musical question: does it make you want to move? The band is unconcerned with genre. Asked to name their inspirations, they may bring up Wu Tang, Enya, Hüsker Dü, The Crystals, Billy Joel, Stravinsky, and, of course, the best American band ever: Shudder to Think. “This is all in our music in various ways,” says Matt. “Sky is anti-bedroom. It’s not about sculpting layers with built-in synths that come with your computer. It’s not weighed down by chords. I want great melodies, I want to dance, and I want it to sound thug.”

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