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The Sonic Dawn
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The Sonic Dawn is an eclectic Danish retro-rock combo with a knack for pairing jazzy, sitar-laced pop with cavernous, psych-blasted acid rock. Emerging in 2013, the band quickly established themselves as a vital regional live act, and they released their debut album, Perception, two years later. The group began to turn heads overseas with subsequent releases like Eclipse (2019), Enter the Mirage (2020), and Phantom (2024).
Formed in Copenhagen in 2013 by childhood friends Emil Bureau (guitar, vocals, sitar), Jonas Waaben (drums), and Niels "Bird" Fuglede (bass), the trio's bluesy blend of psych-rock and pop quickly caught the attention of <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Levitation+Records%22">Levitation Records</a>, which issued the group's debut 7", the <a href="spotify:artist:7hCsRnXtcbez8msLPfjbkz">Roky Erickson</a>-inspired "Down the Line," in 2014. The band moved to <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Nasoni+Records%22">Nasoni Records</a> for their first full-length outing, 2015's Perception, which added Erik "Errka" Petersson on organ/keys and was promoted via a lengthy European tour. For their sophomore long-player, the Sonic Dawn set up camp in an old farmhouse by the North Sea, writing by day and recording at night. The resulting Into the Long Night arrived in 2017 and was released by <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Heavy+Psych+Sounds%22">Heavy Psych Sounds</a>. The band turned inward for long-player number three, 2019's Eclipse, parsing through a series of personal tragedies and delivering their most personal, though no less catchy and kaleidoscopic, collection of songs to date. The group wasted little time getting back into the studio and issued the nervy follow-up, Enter the Mirage, the following year. On 2024's Phantom, the Sonic Dawn broadened their palette, adding folk, blues, and progressive rock elements to their blooming acid rock style. ~ James Christopher Monger, Rovi
Formed in Copenhagen in 2013 by childhood friends Emil Bureau (guitar, vocals, sitar), Jonas Waaben (drums), and Niels "Bird" Fuglede (bass), the trio's bluesy blend of psych-rock and pop quickly caught the attention of <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Levitation+Records%22">Levitation Records</a>, which issued the group's debut 7", the <a href="spotify:artist:7hCsRnXtcbez8msLPfjbkz">Roky Erickson</a>-inspired "Down the Line," in 2014. The band moved to <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Nasoni+Records%22">Nasoni Records</a> for their first full-length outing, 2015's Perception, which added Erik "Errka" Petersson on organ/keys and was promoted via a lengthy European tour. For their sophomore long-player, the Sonic Dawn set up camp in an old farmhouse by the North Sea, writing by day and recording at night. The resulting Into the Long Night arrived in 2017 and was released by <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Heavy+Psych+Sounds%22">Heavy Psych Sounds</a>. The band turned inward for long-player number three, 2019's Eclipse, parsing through a series of personal tragedies and delivering their most personal, though no less catchy and kaleidoscopic, collection of songs to date. The group wasted little time getting back into the studio and issued the nervy follow-up, Enter the Mirage, the following year. On 2024's Phantom, the Sonic Dawn broadened their palette, adding folk, blues, and progressive rock elements to their blooming acid rock style. ~ James Christopher Monger, Rovi
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