The Sour Truth
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| "The Sour Truth" | |
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| Single by Black Market Karma with Sonic Boom | |
| Released | 16 August 2023 |
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| Length | 9 minutes |
| Label | Flower Power Records |
The Sour Truth is a collaboration between English musicians Stanley Belton as Black Market Karma and Peter Kember as Sonic Boom. It was released on 16 August 2023 by Flower Power Records, premiering through the online magazine God Is in the TV.[1] It is available as a 10-inch transparent vinyl record, limited to 500 copies.
The release was supported by a minimalist absence-of-presence music video layered with different film styles and analogue textures. The video makes reference to the location Dover and the legacy of Sonic Boom in Spacemen 3.
The collaboration came about when Peter Kember found the track on Stanley Belton's Black Market Karma social media profile.[2]
The music contains cycling Lo-fi guitars, stacked tremolos, shimmering vocals and sugary winding synths, laced with lyrics expressing the pain of cognitive dissonance after loving a version of someone that turned out to be a facade. It has been likened towards artists such as Spacemen 3, Panda Bear, Jesus & Mary Chain, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Spiritualized and MGMT.[3]
The track was recorded during 2021 in their respective residences, Belton in Dover (England) and Kember in Sintra (Portugal).
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "The Sour Truth" | 4:07 |
| 2. | "Wisdom Shifter" | 5:14 |