ZOON After some technical difficulties, we were finally able to reach Daniel Monkman, the creator behind the transcendent musical project Zoon. The name Zoon comes from the word, Zoongide-ewin, an Ojibwe term for bravery and courage. Through subtle narratives, Zoon’s songs revolve around his life and experiences as a an Indigenous Youth in Canada. He has not come to live the easiest life, even when he went to record demos for this record his gear had been stolen from him, forcing him to be at his most minimal with a single guitar and delay petal. Even while only in his mid-20s he has seen and experienced a lot and brought all of his emotions and life experiences forward into the sounds that are Zoon and explored on his upcoming record, Bleached Wavves. “It’s been quite a journey trying to put this record out,” Daniel Monkman stated, acknowledging that there was finally an official release date for his music, “Even on tour two years ago people would be like, ‘Hey man, the songs you are putting online are sounding pretty good, when are you going to put out a full length?’ I kept putting it off and a couple summers ago I decided to actually do this and now everything is playing out.” With the release set for June 19th, 2020, it was surprising to learn that the ideas for these songs started coming together back in 2016 and 2017. Monkman stated that it was around this time that he actually started finding clarity for what he was trying to do and say with the music, “Before it was a lot of random songs here and there, but there was a big push with all of these other songs in a month ... It was more of a feeling. I wanted it to feel good together.”
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