Khanate - To Be Cruel (Full Album)

The new album To Be Cruel, out now digitally with physical formats out on June 30, 2023 on Sacred Bones Records. Listen / Pre-order: 0:00 Like a Poisoned Dog 19:20 It Wants to Fly 41:00 To Be Cruel The reckoning of KHANATE is now. Fifteen years ago this imposing entity cut the lights. Now it turns out those muted years were but a foreboding prelude to an abrupt awakening—the era of TO BE CRUEL. Three songs newly shining light on distinct, destitute, clinging terrors. Khanate’s slow dimensions have been amplified horrifically. Personal grievances have become generational vendettas. KHANATE is Alan Dubin (vocals), Stephen O’Malley (guitar), James Plotkin (bass) and Tim Wyskida (drums). The New York-born band have released five albums: To Be Cruel (2023), Clean Hands Go Foul (2009), Capture & Release (2005), Things Viral (2003) and Khanate (2001). Pitchfork said “even in the realm of extreme music,” Khanate’s music “is dark and distorted,” while the Washington