Pinkish Black

American band

Pinkish Black
Pinkish Black at Roadburn Festival, 2017
Background information
Origin	Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Genres	Experimental rock, psychedelic rock, drone, gothic rock, electronica, vaporwave, avant-metal
Years active	2010–present
Labels	Century Media Records, Handmade Birds, Relapse Records

Members	Jon Teague

Past members	Daron Beck

Website	www.soundcloud.com/pinkishblack

Pinkish Black is an American experimental sci-fi avant-metal synth-doom band from Fort Worth, Texas.^[1] The musical duo includes drums and synthesizer/keyboard only.

Formation (2010)

In 2005, the members were part of an experimental hard rock trio called The Great Tyrant. After Tommy Atkins, the bassist for The Great Tyrant, committed suicide in 2010, the remaining members continued on as a duo ultimately named Pinkish Black.^[2]^[3] Daron Beck played keyboards and vocals and Jon Teague remained on drums and synthesizer.

Self-titled debut (2011–2012)

The band had been signed from the Dada Drumming record label to Handmade Birds. Here, they spent time recording and mixing the music for their upcoming debut. On May 5, 2012, the self-titled LP was released.

Century Media Records and Relapse Records (2012–present)

Beck and Teague were signed to Century Media Records on November 12, 2012.^[4] Their second album, Razed to the Ground, was released on September 17, 2013.^[5]

On December 4, 2014, Relapse Records announced that they had signed the band, and that the label would be releasing both Pinkish Black's third album and the final works of The Great Tyrant (entitled The Trouble With Being Born).^[6]

In 2019, Relapse released an album called Concept Unification, which explored themes of anxiety, futility and emptiness, that Beck claimed to have experienced as a child after ShowBiz Pizza Place rebranded itself into a Chuck E. Cheese.^[7]

In 2020, they released a joint album with avant-jazz band Yells at Eels entitled Vanishing Light in the Tunnel of Dreams.^[8]

Beck died in August 2024, at the age of 48.^[9]^[10]

Discography

Studio albums

2012: Pinkish Black (Handmade Birds)^[11]
2013: Razed to the Ground (Century Media)
2015: Bottom of the Morning (Relapse Records)^[12]
2019: Concept Unification (Relapse Records)^[13]
2020: Vanishing Light in the Tunnel of Dreams (Ayler Records)^[14]

References

^ Bennett, J. (June 11, 2019). "The Underground Sounds Of America: Pinkish Black". Kerrang!. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
^ "Tommy Atkins (1974-2010)". Fort Worth Weekly. March 3, 2010. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
^ Freedman, Pete (February 25, 2010). "R.I.P. Tommy Atkins of The Great Tyrant". Dallas Observer. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
^ "Century Media Records - Pinkish Black: : signs to Century Media". Centurymedia.com. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
^ Nelson, Michael (August 8, 2013). "Pinkish Black – "Kites And Vultures" (". Stereogum.com. Archived from the original on May 30, 2021. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
^ "Pinkish Black Sign to Relapse Records + Set to Enter Studio". Relapse.com. December 4, 2014. Archived from the original on July 3, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
^ McPhate, Christian (June 14, 2019). "Metal Band Pinkish Black Wrote Album Inspired by Traumatic Chuck E. Cheese's Rebranding". Dallas Observer. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
^ Fletcher, David (May 14, 2020). "Pinkish Black and Yells at Eels Make a Soundtrack to Isolation". Dallas Observer. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
^ "We at Relapse Records are saddened by the loss of Daron Beck of Pinkish Black and Zombi and Friends from a medical illness". Relapse Records on Facebook. August 23, 2024. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
^ Kennelly, Greg (August 23, 2024). "Pinkish Black's Daron Beck has died". Metalinjection.net. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
^ "Pinkish Black: Pinkish Black". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
^ Van Horn, Jr., Ray (February 28, 2016). "Bottom of the Morning - PINKISH BLACK". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
^ Treppel, Jeff (June 13, 2019). "Album Review: Pinkish Black - 'Concept Unification'". Decibel Magazine. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
^ Pinkish Black/Yells at Eels, Vanishing Light in the Tunnel of Dreams. Review by Alex Henderson, NYCJR, August 2020, Issue 220, page 20 - retrieved 4 August 2020.