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Only eight days into the new year, rock group The Shondes — the name means “shame” or “disgrace” in Yiddish — will celebrate a milestone that plenty of bands only dream of: the release of its first album.

“[It’s] a fusion of punk, rock and classical music with feminist and Jewish elements as well,” said drummer and vocalist Temim Fruchter. “We mix harmonious elements like old-time Yiddish theater with a punk tradition.”

And having recently returned from its first big tour, an outing that took the band as far away as Washington state, Fruchter said they couldn’t be more thrilled to be parting with copies of “The Red Sea” at Williamsburg’s Luna Lounge.

“While it’s awesome to tour,” the Prospect Heights resident said, “this is where our people are. It’s always really exciting, and we’re especially proud to be releasing our record here.”

With such a feat accomplished so early in the year, what’s ahead for The Shondes in 2008?

“We want to spend this year getting our music out there, so we’re really excited to physically hand music to people,” said Fruchter. “That’s the most important thing for us.” And there’s no shame in that.

©2008 The Brooklyn Paper

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