GONKS - Five Things You Didn't Know About The Gonks LP proto-punk That’s fine—the Go-Betweens also made

That’s fine—the Go-Betweens also made a career out of an ambivalent relationship to rock

"Self Obsessed and Sexxee" is a slow downward spiral in self esteem

As a vehicle for experimentation with American Minimalism with a rotating cast of Austin-based musicians

basement throb

who also lends a hand with guitars

GONKS - Five Things You Didn't Know About The Gonks LP proto-punk That’s fine—the Go-Betweens also madeHighly recommended. The lyrics to The Gonks instrumental track Im Dead say it all. In the tradition of the Tronics, the Subsonics, the Gories and going back to the Dixie Cups, The Gonks arrive with a seventeen minute record of ten songs hacked down to the bare minimum, led by teenager singers Ave Lynch on drums and Sami Perez on bass, who tell the tale of lonely trams, lone wolfs, midnight loners, very alone types, loners, double loners and lonesome