Sonic Punter release ‘Cloud Indigo’ as standalone single + video live at Kuudes Linja
Sonic Punter
Finnish post-punk trio Sonic Punter has released the single “Cloud Indigo” via Blue Bear Records. The band has also released a live performance video of “Cloud Indigo”, recorded at Kuudes Linja in Helsinki on June 27, 2025. More footage from the same show will follow in January.
Sonic Punter will play a “Cloud Indigo” release show on Saturday December 20, 2025 at Kulttuurikeskus Maanalainen in Tampere, together with The Chiefs and Anemones.
Note that an earlier shorter version of “Cloud Indigo” already appeared on Sonic Punter’s earlier EP “Double Vision” (released October 15, 2020 on the band’s Bandcamp page).
About Sonic Punter
Sonic Punter is a Lahti, Finland-based post-punk and post-hardcore trio formed in 2020. The lineup consists of Mikke Vari (bass, vocals), Tuomas Asikainen (guitar), and Taito Palvanen (drums).
The band’s first release was the EP “Double Vision” (October 2020). In April 2022, The band released the 11-track live album “Oxygen Eater – Live at Lepakkomies 24.3.2022”, recorded in Helsinki. This was followed by another live album, “Lucifer/Venus – Live at Torvi 16.12.2022”, released in February 2023 and recorded at Torvi in Lahti.
In June 2023, they also appeared on the split mini-LP “New Dawn, Savant!” with Mother Goose. In 2024, the band released its debut album “Twin Stranger”, a nine-track album. Blue Bear Records also issued the album on vinyl.
For 2025, the band released “Cloud Indigo” as a label-issued single via Blue Bear Records and paired it with a Kuudes Linja live video dated June 27, 2025. The band has also stated that a second album is planned for 2026 via Blue Bear Records.
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