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kosmos
BY WALT WHITMAN
Who includes diversity and is Nature,
Who is the amplitude of the earth, and the coarseness and sexuality of the earth, and the great charity of the earth and the equilibrium also,
Who has not look’d forth from the windows the eyes for nothing, or whose brain held audience with messengers for nothing,
Who contains believers and disbelievers, who is the most majestic lover,
Who holds duly his or her triune proportion of realism, spiritualism, and of the æsthetic or intellectual,
Who having consider’d the body finds all its organs and parts good,
Who, out of the theory of the earth and of his or her body understands by subtle analogies all other theories,
The theory of a city, a poem, and of the large politics of these States;
Who believes not only in our globe with its sun and moon, but in other globes with their suns and moons,
Who, constructing the house of himself or herself, not for a day but for all time, sees races, eras, dates, generations,
The past, the future, dwelling there, like space, inseparable together.
about
kosmøs : Tim Tonak (bass, vocals), and Ben Tonak (vocals, guitar).
Kosmøs is brothers Ben & Tim Tonak, accompanied by a rotating cast of friends. The pop accessibility of the band's music belies an attitude and delivery that is all rock. With each release kosmøs' songs have grown ever more upbeat while maintaining the smart, well-crafted lyrics that have rewarded attentive listeners since the band's beginnings nearly 10 years ago.
The release of the 6-song EP Skeptics In Love marks kosmos' 3rd CD release, following the full-length Ways of Letting Go and the 5-song EP The Bifurcation.
reviews
"'Skeptics In Love" consists of all radio-friendly alternative rock songs that have lent themselves to effective, commercial, yet-still-very-much-Indie, record-making." - Indie Music Reviewer ...full review
"...the trio wails, big and broad. You can get the idea without listening too closely, but the attentive will be rewarded with Tonak's thoughtful turns of phrase" - Westword review of Skeptics In Love ...full review
"Kosmos is destined for big things. Song after song is accessible without being overproduced. I know I'm sold when I want to listen again and again." - Ace Young - 14 years of morning drive at top rated KMET-FM, Los Angeles (album-oriented rock, 94.7FM)
"I get about 125 CDs in here every month, and this is one of the top five for the year. You should be proud of this. I think it is beautiful and heartbreakingly good." – Rhonda Kelly, Rainmaker Publicity, Boston, MA
"We record a lot of projects here because we have to pay the bills, but this project is one that I will enjoy listening to in my car on the way to work." - Steve McElhenney, Owner, Maximum-Joy Studios, Denver
"Kosmos are the real deal Smart rock at its finest. This band has done their homework." - Russ Davidson, Program Director, Sheridan Media, Sheridan, WY
"Kosmos connects with my ears. Ben Tonak is a gifted young writer whose songs are about to break through." - Jim Pewter, Former Program Director, KEarth L.A. & KRLA, Pasadena
"The moment the band took the stage, as each member quietly set up his gear like he’d done it a million times before, it was apparent that the group's output would be different... Indeed, a more reserved approach came through in the music: Kosmos was careful not to overwhelm, letting each song unfold in its own time. With little stage banter, the act let the music speak with songs that were bouncy and fun and at times bordered on dreamy and ethereal." - Kevin Galaba - Westword