kosmøs is:
Ben Tonak: vocals, guitars
Tim Tonak: bass
Josh Tufte: drums

Built around the songwriting of frontman Ben Tonak, Kosmøs is a band whose sound exists in the space between arena rock accessibility and garage band sensibility.

Originally from Wyoming, brothers Ben and Tim Tonak recruited drummer James Lovelace after moving to Denver in 2004. The band spent two years producing their debut album, Ways of Letting Go (Nov. 2006), which has drawn favorable comparisons to a diverse range of bands, from Death Cab for Cutie to Radiohead to early Everclear.

A pre-production demo of the album brought high praise from Rhonda Kelley of Rainmaker Publicity (Guster), “I get about 125 CDs in here every month, and this is one of the top five for the year. You should be proud of this. I think it is beautiful and heartbreakingly good.”

The band has shown tenacity and dedication by paying for the entire album out of their own pockets. The album was recorded at Maximum Joy Studios (formerly Avalanche) in Denver, a f