“The top-notch musicianship you would expect to hear out of the New York creative scene.” – Avant Music News
“By harnessing his love for surf rock and other, disparate music forms all at once, Simon Hanes and his Tsons of Tsunami are making the case for why we should enjoy this audacious mixture of styles, too.”– SomethingElseReviews.com
“It’s surf rock as an alleyway into experimental mayhem, played with complete jubilance.” – BIG EARS
BIO
Born in California and now based in Brooklyn, Simon Hanes is a composer/performer/arranger and one of the major figures in the newest generation of the NY Downtown music scene. For many years now, Hanes has been deeply inspired and influenced by the uniquely American musical tradition colloquially known as “surf music”. Drawing on his California background, and his love of exotica and film music, he has created a beautiful soundtrack for today’s most forward thinking musical explorers—a “chill-wave surf band”. of Baritone Guitar, Bass and Drums.
the lineup for tson’s of tsunami’s first album, released 2024 on Tzadik Records.
Left to Right – Jon Starks, Jesse Heasly, Kevin Newton, Simon Hanes, Selendis Sebastian Alexander Johnson,
