Photo Credit: Anna Maria Cerniglia

Photo Credit: Anna Maria Cerniglia

According to Pitchfork.com, Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley has formed a new band called The High Confessions with industrial rocker Chris Connelly, well known for his work in both the Revolting Cocks and Ministry, Sanford Parker of Peoria metal group Minsk and Jeremy Lemos, who is not only a member of Chicago experimental, psychedelic outfit White/Light but has worked as an engineer along side Bill Callahan and Jim O’Rourke.

The band recently signed to Relapse Records and will release their debut, titled Turning Lead Into Gold With the High Confessions, this summer. According to the article, a rep from Relapse describes the band’s sound as…

“…a real heavy, psychedelic rock.”

Awesome.

Additionally, Shelley will perform with White/Light at the Museum of Contemporary Art on March 20, and they’ve even collaborated with noisy Chicago rockers the Disappears on a single that will soon be released by Sixgunlover Records.

You can catch White/Light the throughout the entire month of March at MCA performing with guest musicians including not only Shelley, but Tortoise’s John McEntire, Disappears, Tim Kinsella and more as part of an interactive art installation and music performance. Details can be found at MCAChicago.org.