Onyon - Onyon - CS

Onyon (U.S. version) by ONYON Leipzig, Germany band Onyon appeared quite suddenly earlier in 2022, with their eponymous debut cassette EP, co-released by German labels U-Bac & Flennen in March of 2022. Trouble In Mind was so enamored with the tape, that they signed the band right away, and have reissued the cassette in a much larger edition and in a (nearly) identical tape version.Hailing from the same D.I.Y. scene in Leipzig as the fabulous Maraudeur, Onyon’s synth-soaked racket on their debut pits synth vs. guitar as they arc & dive-bomb around the rhythm section’s stuttering pace. Some used to call that “herky-jerky”, but this isn’t that intricate or precise. Onyon’s ragged magic lies in those imprecise recorded moments caused by excitement, fervor & feeling. Vocalists Ilka Kellner and Maria Untheim keep it cool, trading of lead duties in both English & German in a detached monotone most times while singing fantastical or mundane tales about shrunken heads, nature,