# BLACK MARKET KARMA Teams Up With SONIC BOOM On Kaleidoscopic Single ‘The Sour Truth with Sonic Boom’

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- Published: 2023-08-31T12:30:00-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

### **BLACK MARKET KARMA teams up with Spacemen 3 founding member SONIC BOOM on kaleidoscopic single ‘The Sour Truth with Sonic Boom’**

London psychedelic pop artist [**Black Market Karma**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.facebook.com%2fblackmarketkarm&umid=7da30bee-6913-4474-9796-0fa612ab7090&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-c961125b13b3bd03b945e407cb0cef8d2473fbd1)****
presents[ **‘The Sour Truth’**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.flowerpowerrecords.com%2fproduct%2dpage%2fblack%2dmarket%2dkarma%2dwith%2dsonic%2dboom%2dthe%2dsour%2dtruth&umid=7da30bee-6913-4474-9796-0fa612ab7090&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-26f3997a86ccb4c3c669f5e6496a72774b768613),
their long-awaited collaboration with legendary musician-producer [**Sonic Boom (aka Pete Kember)** ](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.instagram.com%2f2020sonicboom2020%2f%3fhl%3den&umid=7da30bee-6913-4474-9796-0fa612ab7090&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-944f6472137269a0bbc81c195ac7f74398ad6231)
of **Spacemen 3 **and** Spectrum** fame. This single will be released on 10″ vinyl
and digitally via London boutique label [**Flower Power Records**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.flowerpowerrecords.com&umid=7da30bee-6913-4474-9796-0fa612ab7090&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-322e317d7e0444f1627cf499c4999b417ecc8ff5).

Produced by Kember and featuring him on synth and percussion, ‘The Sour Truth’ is
a slice of technicolour psych-pop – a trippy, kaleidoscopic and vibrantly nostalgic
feel-good track.

With cycling Lo-fi guitars, stacked tremolos, shimmering vocals and sugary winding
synths, it is laced with lyrics about the pain of cognitive dissonance after loving
a version of someone that turned out to be a facade. _“Sick and tired of being sick
and tired. It was just a mirage that I admired”._

It’s been a busy year for Black Market Karma, having recently wrapped up tour dates
with **The Black Angels**. Earlier this year, BMK released their eleventh album 
[**‘Friends In Noise’**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fflowerpowerrecords.bandcamp.com&umid=7da30bee-6913-4474-9796-0fa612ab7090&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-987ed9c0a0363e0fa666263928e5dfddf1903b87)****
featuring **Tess Parks, The Underground Youth, Les Big Byrd / Joakim Ahlund, The
Confederate Dead **and** Ruari Meehan**. Not long before that, in late 2022 album**‘
[Aped Flair & Hijacked Ideas’](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fflowerpowerrecords.bandcamp.com&umid=7da30bee-6913-4474-9796-0fa612ab7090&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-987ed9c0a0363e0fa666263928e5dfddf1903b87).**

Black Market Karma - The Sour Truth (with Sonic Boom)

[⌊Black Market Karma - The Sour Truth (with Sonic Boom)⌉⌊Black Market Karma - The
Sour Truth (with Sonic Boom)⌉
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Revolving around songwriter **Stanley Belton**, Black Market Karma colourizes this
world with a carousel of jingle jangle, distorted wobble and flavours of psychedelia,
fuzzed out tones and thumping grooves. With a thick and colourful sound channelled
through vintage equipment, their music is rooted in 60’s guitar and pop music, other
influences include folk, blues, lo-fi electronica, alt pop and soul.

[⌊Black Market Karma and Sonic Boom⌉⌊Black Market Karma and Sonic Boom⌉[

“Sometimes we can fall in love with the idea of a person as opposed to the reality
of them, whether that’s through us seeing what we want to see, them projecting a
falseness or a mix of both. The fall out of that curtain being pulled can be quite
a painful feeling of cognitive dissonance. That’s kinda what this song is about.
It’s also about when something that was previously blindingly bright, devolves into
a noisy mess of finger pointing,” says **Stanley Belton**.

**Pete Kember** explains, “I heard this and I believe it was recorded during one
of the lockdowns on Stan’s BMK Instagram page and I loved the vibe and the song.
I think it’s a song most of us can relate to. Has a whiff of The Only Ones, Daniel
Johnston maybe …even a little soupçon of Beat Happening….yeah. Hearty stuff for 
a hungry soul. One of my fave things from the strange past few. Was a pleasure to
mix. I wish I’d written it”.

Pete Kember founded **Spacemen 3** with Jason Pierce in 1982 and the band went onto
achieve widespread critical acclaim before going their separate was around 1990.
Kember has since embarked on further sonic adventures with **Spectrum** and **E.
A.R. (Experimental Audio Research)** and solo (both as [**Sonic Boom** and **Pete Kember**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.instagram.com%2f2020sonicboom2020%2f%3fhl%3den&umid=7da30bee-6913-4474-9796-0fa612ab7090&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-944f6472137269a0bbc81c195ac7f74398ad6231)**)**.
As a producer, he has also been involved in some quite notable projects involving**
MGMT, Beach House, Panda Bear** and** Moon Duo**, among others.

**Stanley Belton** notes, “I’ve loved Pete’s music since I was a teenager, so to
hear that he dug this tune and then have him involved with recording it has been
magic. He added a pair of synths: one a sugary sweet winding  melody, the other 
a set of airy, swelling strings. He also added percussion, a bunch of other lush
production elements, and also mixed it.”

As of August 16, ‘Sour Truth’ will be released everywhere digitally, including [**Apple Music**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fmusic.apple.com%2fca%2fartist%2fblack%2dmarket%2dkarma%2f452739855&umid=7da30bee-6913-4474-9796-0fa612ab7090&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-eb4897e4ab45d90098bd2e544258fca338981831)**,**
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and** **[**Bandcamp**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fflowerpowerrecords.bandcamp.com&umid=7da30bee-6913-4474-9796-0fa612ab7090&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-987ed9c0a0363e0fa666263928e5dfddf1903b87).
It can also be ordered on transparent vinyl at [**www.flowerpowerrecords.com**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.flowerpowerrecords.com%2fproduct%2dpage%2fblack%2dmarket%2dkarma%2dwith%2dsonic%2dboom%2dthe%2dsour%2dtruth&umid=7da30bee-6913-4474-9796-0fa612ab7090&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-3c2522f5dc51bea94950afa149c093a3cb2f3274)

[⌊Black Market Karma and Sonic Boom single cover⌉⌊Black Market Karma and Sonic Boom
single cover⌉[

**TRACK LIST**
1) The Sour Truth feat. Sonic Boom2) Wisdom Shifter

**‘THE SOUR TRUTH’ LYRICS**
Honey I can feel you’re burningOn my part there’s only
hurtingBy my side does not come with easeBut your tempest heart gets me on my knees

Horror as I’m just now learning
The sour truth inside you churningSick and tired
of being sick and tiredIt was just a mirage that I admired

**CREDITS**
Written by Stanley BeltonStanley Belton – guitar, vocals, keys, synths,
drums, bassPeter Kember – Synths, Percussion on ‘The Sour Truth’‘The Sour Truth’
recorded in Dover & Sintra by Stanley Belton & Peter Kember‘The Sour Truth’ produced
by Peter Kember & Stanley Belton‘The Sour Truth’ mixed by Peter Kember‘Wisdom Shifter’
recorded, mixed & produced by Stanley BeltonMastered by Stanley BeltonThe Sour Truth–
ISRC code GBT4M2200001Wisdom Shifter – ISRC code GBT4M220002

**FOR FANS OF:** 
Spacemen 3, Panda Bear, Jesus & Mary Chain, Brian Jonestown Massacre,
Spiritualized, MGMT

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