Dark Patterns by Sun Kin

A dark pattern is "a user interface that has been carefully crafted to trick users into doing things, such as buying insurance with their purchase or signing up for recurring bills." [Harry Brignull]

Patterns in our behavior might make us exploitable, but they also make us deeply textured in a way that make it impossible for algorithms to fill our every need -- indeed, the more they try, the more they flatten out our peaks and valleys. My 9-5 customer support job and the expense of renting a practice studio in the Bay Area often has me composing and producing on the computer, but this EP saw me playing live with a band over the course of more than a year before recording. The result is a set of sounds that embodies the dynamic, scary vision of our natural selves against the backdrop of the tech vision of humanity as manipulable and flat consumers of content.

Tracklist

1.	Decomposure	4:25

2.	Someone Should	4:14

3.	Dark Patterns	5:07

4.	Be Here Now	4:35

Credits

released April 5, 2019

Kabir Kumar - vocals, keyboards, guitars, percussion
Nick Blossom - drums, guitars, piano, banjo, wind chimes
Bryan Lovett - bass guitar, keyboards, vocals
Phil Di Leo - keyboards, vocals, percussion
Kevin Lehner - guitars, shaker
Geoff Saba - vocals, percussion
Sam Anderson - vocals

Engineered by Bryan Lovett and Geoff Saba
Mixed by Geoff Saba and Kabir Kumar @ Itinerant Home Recordings in Fruitvale, CA
Mastered by TW Walsh
Cover Photo by Bryan Lovett
Pattern Design by Styles Munson

Special thanks to Katie Levitt, my parents, and anyone who supported us in coming out to shows and listening to 1,000,000 demos

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