{"id":32556,"date":"2019-10-25T12:15:07","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T16:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=32556"},"modified":"2019-10-17T08:49:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T12:49:00","slug":"chicago-noise-rock-post-punk-duo-djunah-share-third-single-bless-your-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=32556","title":{"rendered":"Chicago noise rock\/post-punk duo Djunah share third single &#8216;Bless Your Money&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chicago&#8217;s experimental noise\/post-punk duo\u00a0Djunah have shared their raucous final single <em>Bless Your Money<\/em> ahead of the release of their debut album\u00a0&#8216;Ex Voto<em>&#8216;<\/em>. The album was produced by Converge&#8217;s Kurt Ballou and comes out on November 1st via Triple Eye Industries\u00a0(<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/transmissionpublicity.dmanalytics1.com\/click?u=https%3A%2F%2Fdjunah.bandcamp.com%2F&amp;i=3&amp;d=cdlqZC2fRqGLqegBnDVwag&amp;e=info%40cultureaddicts.com&amp;a=nwBCchYwT8mOKJeCu6phkg&amp;s=iSPyDSk7OKM\" target=\"_blank\">Bandcamp pre-order<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Bless Your Money<\/em> takes aim at capitalism and the ultra-rich&#8217;s stranglehold on the world at large, following<em>\u00a0<\/em>previous two singles lifted from &#8216;Ex Voto&#8217;,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/transmissionpublicity.dmanalytics1.com\/click?u=https%3A%2F%2Ffanlink.to%2FAnimalKingdom&amp;i=4&amp;d=cdlqZC2fRqGLqegBnDVwag&amp;e=info%40cultureaddicts.com&amp;a=nwBCchYwT8mOKJeCu6phkg&amp;s=dfryQHaE47o\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Animal Kingdom<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/transmissionpublicity.dmanalytics1.com\/click?u=https%3A%2F%2Ffanlink.to%2FNurse_and_Nun&amp;i=5&amp;d=cdlqZC2fRqGLqegBnDVwag&amp;e=info%40cultureaddicts.com&amp;a=nwBCchYwT8mOKJeCu6phkg&amp;s=jjVPMKuGv7Q\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Nurse and Nun<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 Listen to <em>Bless Your Money<\/em> via YouTube below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wI26f7k3Yvw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Djunah is an unrelentingly fierce duo out Chicago, composed of\u00a0Donna Diane (ex-frontwoman of Beat Drun Juel) and\u00a0drummer Nick Smalkowski, a veteran heavy hitter from acclaimed acts like Arctic Sleep and Fake Limbs.\u00a0Known for her raw, aggressive performance style,\u00a0Donna pulls triple duty in this noisey power duo, simultaneously playing guitar, singing, and pulverizing on a massive-sounding Moog bass organ with her feet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the new single, Donna notes\u00a0&#8220;<em>Bless Your Money is a good example of how amazing it was to work with Kurt [Ballou]. His instincts are incredible. I normally don&#8217;t like many effects on my vocals, but in this song he went wild with the delay and was 100% right. By the end, I sound huge! Unlike most of the other songs on the album, there&#8217;s no metaphor or conceit to the lyrics. It&#8217;s just a straight-up fuck you to the ultra-rich for their exploitation guns, religion, and nationalism as a means of preserving their wealth and status. The media still acts like it&#8217;s a mystery what&#8217;s raising the ultra-right. It&#8217;s no mystery. It&#8217;s fucking billionaires.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The list of artists who can [capably] play two instruments at once is short, but Donna is on it, and pulls it all off effortlessly.\u00a0By design, everything they do in their live show is executed live\u2014no loops, no samples, no backing tracks. Their goal is simple but lofty: execute a full trio sound in time with just eight limbs. 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