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Unsigned no more, Johannesburg's BLK JKS have found a home on Secretly Canadian. Recorded at NYC's Electric Lady Studios with Secret Machines' Brandon Curtis producing, this quartet challenges every genre, social and cultural stereotype associated to their homeland, the diverse arrangements echoing both the conflict and celebratory spirit of a modern day tribe living in an African city.
LINER NOTES: BLK JKS defy description. With a wrecking crew rhythm section, debonair vocals, and guitar concoction of one part shred and two parts soul, BLK JKS shoot an African music sensibility through the tenets of rock. On one hand it is easy to politicize BLK JKS; as seen on the cover of Fader, here is a band that is instantly young, black and fly even as they reclaim styles that have been stolen, watered down, and regurgitated for generations. And yet to get caught up in anything but their sound is to sell this phenomenon short, because as musicians—as artists—BLK JKS simply cook.
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