In the world of heavy music, few bands embrace dynamics and negative space like Kowloon Walled City. Since forming 15 years ago, the band has increasingly refined its deconstructed approach to noise rock, math rock, and doom, landing them on stages with similar boundary-pushing bands like Neurosis, Yob, Sleep, Sumac,...

“All your grand plans and gritted teeth / All your pride / They’ll cut you down to count the rings / Measure out your worst years.” The strings rattle. The guitars crackle and blister. The notes ring out, at turns bleak and beautiful— sometimes both at once. Grievances, the third album from Kowloon...

KOWLOON WALLED CITY finally bring us their long-awaited new full-length. Grievances, their third album and first for Gilead Media & Neurot Recordings, finds the San Francisco band at its artistic peak, having moved even further away from its sludgy, post-hardcore origins and toward a sparser, noise-rock heaviness. This shift began with...

Description Pressing Info In the world of heavy music, few bands embrace dynamics and negative space like Oakland, CA’s Kowloon Walled City. Since forming 18 years ago, the band has increasingly refined its deconstructed approach to noise rock, math rock, and sludge. Out of print for the past several years,...

San Francisco's KOWLOON WALLED CITY are set to release their much anticipated sophomore album, Container Ships, via Brutal Panda Records. Their first record in three years was recorded at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, CA, this past August with guitarist/vocalist Scott Evans handling the production duties. Led by poignant guitar melodies...

Description Pressing Info In the world of heavy music, few bands embrace dynamics and negative space like Oakland, CA’s Kowloon Walled City. Since forming 17 years ago, the band has increasingly refined its deconstructed approach to noise rock, math rock, and sludge. Celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, Persistent Vision...