PINK NOISE - EPK

Videos:

Live at Vibromonk Studios

On November 28 2009 we recorded a full live version of our album at Vibromonk Studio, Brooklyn. Below are a few samples.

Dive

Distant

What Would Happen If Someone Finds Out?

All Away

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Press:

eMusic Selects: Pink Noise

by Laura Leebove

Pink Noise make cinematic art rock — layers of piercing, mathematic guitars over subtle electronic programming, fronted by Sharron Sulami's smoky, frantic alto that channels the likes of PJ Harvey and Karen O. The band in its current incarnation formed in Brooklyn, where they live now, but their members met in Israel — Itamar and Yuval Ziegler are brothers, Yuval Lion and Sulami met during their time in the Israeli army's orchestra. Pink Noise have found a community in Brooklyn [with] neighboring artists like Holly Miranda (who contributes vocals to "Redwoods"), and TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek, who produced several tracks on Here Is Happiness, as well as their forthcoming LP, What Would Happen If Someone Finds Out? [...]

the Jerusalem Post

By David Brinn

Israeli art-punk band Pink Noise is emerging from semi-obscurity in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to pelt the world with its hard-edged free-form music. The band’s music [is] physical and features a combined Israeli-New York intensity, with Sulami’s wired stage presence and commanding vocals complementing the powerhouse drumming of Lion, and the Zieglers’ arty angularity. [...]

The Deli Magazine

by Tom O’connell

Pink Noise is a local art rock quartet who strives to keep their audience guessing. Standing on the shoulders of bands like the Pixies and fellow NYC ground breakers Sonic Youth, Pink Noise don’t rely on any infectious pop hooks or catchy dance beats .Instead their latest LP, “All Is Nu”, produces a tremulous vibe, a feeling, a notion simultaneously disarming and eerie. Their sound moves nimbly from amorphous, ambient buzz to more traditionally structured rock with a flick of the wrist. lead singer sharron sulami’s voice is reminiscent of PJ Harvey’s throaty whisper. Unafraid to keep her voice restrained as long as possible, she waits till the perfect moment to let out a howl. the guitars are colorful but not flashy, adding texture but not pretension. for the full Pink Noise experience, check out their live show. they are precise almost to a fault, like four musicians playing with a shared brain. the result is tight, complex, and fascinating.

The Gazette, Montreal

Festival Coverage

Several weeks ago in a club called Rothko, Pink Noise moved resoundingly beyond a Siouxsie label into controlled territory whose fringes are patrolled by Sonic Youth on stage Sulami has the voice and presence of a post-Goth Valkyrie [...] No, precision is the watch word here, from Lion’s remarkable powerhouse drumming ( from Bonham swing right out to avant-rock beats) to the angularity of brothers Yuval and Itamar Ziegler (These two were part of Israel’s first Hip Hop group, Sideffect.)[…} The Album, All is Nu, was mixed by Victor Van Vugt, who worked with P.J Harvey. The goal is to maintain the integrity represented by an art band like Yeah Yeah Yeahs. But horizons are broadening […]

Pop Montreal Preview

Today’s Best Bets

As much as Sonic Youth and Siouxsie, Brooklyn’s Pink Noise bring a powerful angularity and impressive tightness to L’Escogriffe, 4467 St. Denis St. 10pm

Merryswankster.com

Live Review

Last Tuesday night saw the Beg Yr Pardon event coast gracefully into its fourth edition. As always, the brownies were good, the barbeque optional, and the beer eventually free. The most important guest of the evening was a thriving AC unit, allowing a person to move around a bit without unwittingly changing the color of their shirt. The momentum seems to be picking up, with an increasingly full room of looky-loos. The swelled numbers were treated to a line-up that was meaner, darker, and more to my liking [...] Pink Noise took this week’s prize for favored act, mining a spooky PJ Harvey vibe that is very close to me heart. Despite the occasional equipment troubles, the brooding never stopped. The lead singer was bubbly and charismatic in spite of the prevailing darkness, turning what could have been a gloom parade into a crstalline Blonde Redhead art attack. They also had a mysterious band manager in a fedora, for whatever that’s worth.

Ear Farm

Live Review

Beg Yr Pardon #4 happened last night @ The Delancey. There were good times, great songs, many drinks, dancing and laughing and…well, yeah, all that and then some. Pink Noise closed the night out with a bang. They arrived late due to car trouble but once they took the stage everything was instantly better. Actually, there were problems then too with some power issues but once those got sorted everything was peachy. More so. They rocked and jammed like Sonic Youth of 15 years ago and I was once again extremely impressed with a band I’d never really even heard of before. Shame on me.

106 FM Radio

Album Review

For a few years now there’s been a surge of Israeli musicians flocking to New York . They populated Williamsburg and formed a musicians community in which they collaborate in different musical projects, one of which is Pink Noise […] I saw Pink Noise Live after hearing their debut album Come On Senses which åcame out over a year ago and was characterized by a rugged sound, reminiscing of early PJ Harvey, and with bursts of surprising melodies […] currently the band is releasing All is Nu their latest album. It seems like the band has been hard at work, their sound is more evolved and the arrangements are much more complex, with unorthodox drum patterns and guitar parts that complement each other while interchanging solo and rhythm parts. The lead singer was the main attraction, in an incredible stage performance she kept deceiving the crowd, at one moment caressing them with sweet melodies then mercilessly whipping them [...]

The Deli Magazine

Album Review

I had a listen to quite a few CDs yesterday (100 or so) - as I have to assign them to our writers soon. I wanted to mention a few that I thought deserved attention: Pink Noise, play a cool blend of edgy indie rock with Industrial influences with strong, dark female vocals. Recommended for fans of Garbage, NIN, PJ Harvey.

The Blind Server

Album Review

I was totally blown away by Pink Noise’s All is Nu. This is a band that could overthrow the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s as NYC’s Alt-Rock Kings. My editor, who gave me the CD, said “you got to listen to Up for days it’s the perfect song”, he was right.

Crashinin.com

Album Review

This new Brooklyn Israeli band has crafted a self produced album that is shockingly great. Its surprisingly great, because they recorded it in their own apt, but as many of you know that is the future of recording. The album sounds as if they recorded it in a huge studio as the guitars soar loudly with Sharron’s voice reaching angelic heights. Fans of Curve, Siouxsie, and Pj Harvey should check this band out. (release date 2006)

The vanity project

Album Review

Some of the Pink Noise membership met in the Israeli Army and also includes old friend of VP Itamar Ziegler in their line-up. Sharron Sulami’s voice drips both breathily and pollutedly sharp at various points, like PJ Harvey in her lo-fi youth. The musicianship is top drawer too, ‘Come Over’ swashing like Beefheart’s ‘Best Batch Yet’. Post-punk but not in a retro-fabulous way, more so that they apply just enough of a nod toward the avant garde in their pop musing. Spidery guitar on ‘It Never Happened’ leads headlong into a gloriously bitty and chaotic climax.

Score Music Magazine

Album Review

New York City – based quartet Pink Noise has blasted their way onto the indie rock scene with their debut album, Come on Senses. This album seamlessly combines the unique musical ideas of four individuals into a soundscape that smacks you upside the head with its intensity and intelligent mix of stylistic tricks.

For a CD that was produced in the band’s Brooklyn apartment, Come on Senses surprised me with its depth. Pink Noise makes liberal use of vocal effects and sampling, but never in a way that diminishes the overall sound. Even on more “rockish” tracks such as “static”, the band exhibits a polished, practiced mix of unique and familiar ideas - the hallmark of competent, thinking artists.

One of the things I like best about Come on Senses is the way it keeps you thinking. The first track, “bound”, completely changes gears when it hits the chorus. Some people might find this sudden shift a little jarring, but I think it’s powerful. The lyrics, by singer Sharron Sulami, get bogged down in symbolism at times, but she more than makes up for it with a smooth hypnotic tone quality that turns into a beautiful roar on “golden times”. The free form rhythm and meter, provided by Yuval and Itamar Ziegler and Yuval Lion, struck me as odd at first; after listening to the CD a few times the rhythmic changes made sense as a complement to Sulami’s poetry.

Come on Senses now has a semi-permanent spot in my CD player. Pink Noise has created a unique, powerful CD that reveals new secrets each time you listen to it. The band plans to tour the US in the near future, and their second album should be out later this year. Definitely pick up a copy and go see these guys if you get the chance