Psychedelic punk rock trio Balothizer are taking a deeper dive into the music of Greek island, Crete with an entire adoption of unbridled joie de vivre and celebration of age-old folk tunes, shaped by a fierce protection of these values. The band’s upcoming third album PunKretan Sessions is a collection of songs that serenade the essence of life in Crete, from bathing in and riding the waves of Kissamos, to...
Balothizer, the punk rockers who's following dubbed their sound as ‘Cretan music from Hell’, return with a second album - this time with an even heavier dose of cutthroat punk rebelliousness.
Cretan Smash is a whole new level of unabashed Cretan spirit: grittier arrangements of the Greek island’s already fiery folk music performed with a raw, jackhammering intensity - all mixed by Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier. The result is something that...
