North America

North America

North America is a US group made up of twin brothers Josh and Jesse Hasko. The pair create music that combines rock, electronic and experimental elements, with a focus on spacious, hypnotic textures and psychedelic effects. Their work is shaped by desert imagery, altered states and themes associated with modern American life.

Style and sound

Their songs use crystalline guitar lines and forceful drum patterns to move between dense and unpredictable passages. The music is often described in terms such as desert psych rock, dance punk and other genre-crossing labels, but it remains rooted in a tactile, atmospheric approach. The duo’s tracks are noted for mixing intensity with melodic and rhythmic qualities, and for balancing darker subject matter with moments that resolve toward joy.

Recording and release

North America records material that reflects the influence of the landscape around them, including the desert environment of the American Southwest. Their album Blown Out is recorded in a New Mexican adobe, and that setting is presented as part of the atmosphere around the music.

Background

The Hasko brothers are New York natives, and the group’s identity is closely tied to the idea of two performers working with a shared, instinctive musical language. Their sound is presented as immersive and hard to place within a single genre, moving between rock, electronica and experimental forms.