The Seconds - Kratitude

The Seconds are a side project featuring members of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The Ex-Models. This Brooklyn band’s brand of raw noisy art punk has roots in the more artful punk bands of the late 70s like the Raincoats and Magazine but is familiar in it’s connection to more current bands like the Blood Brothers and Liars. Kratitude exists somewhere between the frantic spasms the Blood Brothers call songs and the exercises in simplicity and repetition on the Liars album Drums Not Dead. It is often in the same song that the Seconds astride these elements. Their song “Sleeping” begins with a slow dirge of a guitarline and then speeds up into a rushed chant before slowing down again. On the other hand, “S&V” is 2 minutes of a repeated guitar chord progression. While Kratitude has its moments of great intensity (Sister8myson), it’s their more reserved simplicity (S&V) that reveals their strength.

Website: The Seconds

Label: 5RC

Music: Sister8myson