Chune...

The San Diego based Chune were an interesting sounding band. They had an odd combination of the slow Midwestern emo sound, despite being located on the west coast, and the loud explosiveness of such acts like Drive Like Jehu. Their existence was rather short; however they released a couple albums and an EP all through Headhunter Records before breaking up sometime around 1996.

While most descriptions will often work in the “stoner” tag for this band, it’s sort of misleading to those that associate the use of that label to music that is thick and full of fuzz. Chune weren’t necessarily that sort of band. In fact, they were hardly that sort of band. Chune was a band that sounded like it had spent many of lazy afternoons in a place with absolutely nothing to do. You could tell from just listening to a couple songs that they played their instruments haphazardly and that wherever a song ended, that was perfectly fine by them. It wasn’t uncommon for the band to venture into the 6 to 8 minute territory with their songs. However, for a band that probably didn’t particularly have many cares in the world they managed to make some very captivating music. Being able quietly build up until out of nowhere a blast of distorted noise erupted, that was pretty much Chune’s bread and butter.

Chune was also a band that got progressively better as they went on. Although that didn’t amount for much time when looking back, there was still a noticeable step up in the bands sound from their first album Burnt to their second Big Hat, No Cattle.

Burnt:
Chune – C-Lord [MP3]

Nine Ways to Sunday:
Chune – Three Man Dream Machine [MP3]

Big Hat No, Cattle:
Chune – Fishwrap [MP3]

Both of the bands albums are still available through Amazon. As always, if you like the tunes please go and pick it up.