Shoun Shoun

('shoon-shoon') "Annette Berlin’s Bristol quartet Shoun Shoun self-release a memorable debut album filled with lo-fi lockdown anxiety and raucous tales of bad behaviour. ... Over the course of an arresting debut album, Berlin’s vocals span the range from whisper to a scream, even incorporating some semi-spoken word on the hectic Much Sweeter before melting into a seductive murmur on the intoxicating (and intoxicated) shuffle of Sway With Me. Shimmering with synthesised strings and a lonesome guitar from a cowboy song, it lurches like a late-night cab ride home when you’re spinning in the back seat." LOUDER THAN WAR Shoun Shoun are the sum of their parts: Berlin has spent years battling ferocious noise in Bristol bands like Big Joan, Male, The Final Age and Rose Kemp, but finally felt an uncontrollable urge to connect with music in a more intimate way. The result is a set of songs of alienation, redemption and the emptiness at the end of the party, brought to life by musicians whose collective CV includes other Bristol legends like The Moonflowers, The Fantasy Orchestra, Mooz, Patrick Duff and Chikinki.