Dune Altar (DA-011)

With enchanting and dreamy darkness, BRASS BOX takes listeners on a journey through life, death and the darkness that swells beneath the surface.  The inception of this artistic force began with front woman Ammo Bankoff; her obsession with being lost at sea and the intangible as the makeup for her musical expression.

With a completed demo, she summoned long lost friend Neil Popkin to join her after a late night encounter at a local bar.  The duo originally met several years prior at an underground party in Los Angeles where the bands in which Bankoff played (Tête, Black Flamingo) occasionally shared bills with Popkin’s bands (War Tapes, Rituals).  Due to their musical connection both musicians naturally collaborated.

Neil then brought in guitarist Matt Bennett (War Tapes) and drummer Pablo Amador (Rituals), to round out the heavy sounds of BRASS BOX.  Since joining forces the quartet has assembled lush compositions of melody and noise while recording in their Downtown Los Angeles home studio.  BRASS BOX has been described as a multi- textured collage of sound, vision and passion.

Tragedy

BRASS BOX - Tragedy

Tragedy (A Prayer)

BRASS BOX - Tragedy (A Prayer)

With enchanting and dreamy darkness, BRASS BOX takes listeners on a journey through life, death and the darkness that swells beneath the surface.  The inception of this artistic force began with front woman Ammo Bankoff; her obsession with being lost at sea and the intangible as the makeup for her musical expression.

With a completed demo, she summoned long lost friend Neil Popkin to join her after a late night encounter at a local bar.  The duo originally met several years prior at an underground party in Los Angeles where the bands in which Bankoff played (Tête, Black Flamingo) occasionally shared bills with Popkin’s bands (War Tapes, Rituals).  Due to their musical connection both musicians naturally collaborated.

Neil then brought in guitarist Matt Bennett (War Tapes) and drummer Pablo Amador (Rituals), to round out the heavy sounds of BRASS BOX.  Since joining forces the quartet has assembled lush compositions of melody and noise while recording in their Downtown Los Angeles home studio.  BRASS BOX has been described as a multi- textured collage of sound, vision and passion.

BRASS BOX - Rivers

Dune Altar (DA-015)

Los Angeles based band BRASS BOX is creating a fresh brand of noisy shoegaze that is equally atmospheric as it is melodic-- a sound that immediately casts listeners into a sea of velvet and thorns annexed by an indomitable wave of swirling guitars and shimmering harmonies.  The band is the collective effort of singer and bassist Ammo Bankoff (Tête, Black Flamingo), guitarist Neil Popkin (War Tapes, Rituals), guitarist Matt Bennett (War Tapes), and drummer Pablo Amador (Rituals, Magic Wands). 

Having previously met sharing bills at underground shows, the band was formed after Bankoff, armed with a self produced demo, ran into Popkin at a bar. The duo eventually brought on Bennett and Amador which lead to the initial formation of the bands current lineup. 

Their first EP ‘Ivory Skies’ from 2016 was met with critical success from notable critics, with Buzzbands.LA calling its compositions “a proper sound bath in both melody and noise,” and DoLA describing their uniquely goth pop as “drenched in macabre imagery and poetic goth themes.”

With the release of their debut LP ‘THE CATHEDRAL’ the band solidify their spot as one of LA’s finest purveyors of a genre they define as dream goth.  The record was released on April 6th, 2018 through Dune Altar.

The Cathedral

Parting Ways

BRASS BOX - Parting Ways

Ivory Skies

BRASS BOX - Ivory Skies

Roses

BRASS BOX - Roses

Towne

BRASS BOX - Towne

Waves

BRASS BOX - Waves

Latency

BRASS BOX - Latency

Surrender

BRASS BOX - Surrender

BRASS BOX - DDM

Golden

BRASS BOX - Golden

Bats

BRASS BOX - Bats

from "Odd Balade" LP/digital June 21, 2024 on Impatience 

https://trypheme.bandcamp.com/album/odd-balade

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J43euZA0zi8

Sandy Family

New tracks tagged #Dream Goth