Native Sun/ The Muckers at Stone Church

Native Sun grows with increasing urgency in the face of the inexorable climate crisis, growing civil division, and overlapping public health emergencies. Colombian-American songwriter Danny Gomez (vox/guitar) battles the impotence of our time when it seems, to use the words of Voltaire, common sense is not so common. Nico Espinosa (drums) and Justin Barry (bass) round out the resonant rhythms creating a space of controlled chaos at high-energy live shows, as well as detailed and layered recordings. Raw and honest, the New York band delivers solace and catharsis to all audiences—singing about grief, disillusionment with our time, and lovingly documenting the lives of the outcasts and misfits...

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Native Sun grows with increasing urgency in the face of the inexorable climate crisis, growing civil division, and overlapping public health emergencies. Colombian-American songwriter Danny Gomez (vox/guitar) battles the impotence of our time when it seems, to use the words of Voltaire, common sense is not so common. Nico Espinosa (drums) and Justin Barry (bass) round out the resonant rhythms creating a space of controlled chaos at high-energy live shows, as well as detailed and layered recordings. Raw and honest, the New York band delivers solace and catharsis to all audiences—singing about grief, disillusionment with our time, and lovingly documenting the lives of the outcasts and misfits. Native Sun channels the grit of punk with the tenor of the times when rock ‘n' roll could change something.Their latest EP Off With Our Heads, produced by Walter Schreifels (Quicksand, Gorilla Biscuits, Rival Schools) is out now via Grand Jury Music (Twin Peaks, TOLEDO, Carl Barât) and Rough Trade Publishing.The Muckers formed on the heels of frontman Emir Mohseni taking refuge in New York City from Iran. In his native country, performing rock music was forbidden and had been relinquished to the underground since 1979. In the face of adversity, Mohseni never let up his ambition, and upon landing in the USA, he assembled a four-piece group that quickly impressed the crowds with their fresh guitar licks that echo both the early days of MTV and the alternative artists of the noughties. This sound won them critical praises from many including Jack Saunders who gushed on his BBC1 show, “you won’t be able to get enough of it, I promise.” Their debut album was also nodded by their peers including Tame Impala’s Jay Watson & POND’s James Ireland who remixed stand-out track “So Far Away.” The Muckers live show was once praised by Rolling Stone as “a call to fans to kick the dust off of their souls and boogie.”

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