There is a unique place where hope is emerged in the darkest depth of melancholia. It’s a romantic and unlikely place where desperation and unrequited longing coexist with the joyful exuberance of sheer optimism. 

This is where you’ll find The Burying Kind. 

TBK is a shoegaze/alt-rock band with the uncanny ability to tap into complex human experiences, distill them down to their very essence, and then create music that comforts and heals in ways that words alone never could. 

Combining aspects of shoegaze, dream-pop, and darkwave music with more traditional guitar-driven alternative and pop rock, this two-man band from Chicago is not easily defined. However, their combination of shimmering guitars, tight musical arrangements, vulnerable lyrics, and memorable vocal melodies has a way of wrapping their listeners up inside a warm cocoon of nostalgia. And like a grilled cheese with tomato soup on a cold and dreary February afternoon, The Burying Kind releases the pressure valve of day to day life by delivering a dose of comfort directly to the soul. 

While the band is certainly inspired by the alternative dream pop bands of the 80’s/90’s, they actively embrace modern production techniques. This has led them to be compared to both modern and classic alternative rock bands including The National, Cocteau Twins, Tears For Fears, Drab Majesty, The Sundays, Slowdive, Editors, and Interpol. 

If you’re the kind of person who would rewind a sad song over and over, because the tinges of despair are sending delicious surges of pleasure throughout your entire being…it’s time for you to experience The Burying Kind.