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June 4 2013 9:00PM -- doors at 8:30PM ••• 21 AND OVER $9 Halcyonaire dreadhymn.bandcamp.com/ americana folk blues - Blues / Experimental / Folk Rock Dead Western deadwestern.bandcamp.com/ acoustic psych folk Sad Bastard Book Club sadbastardbookclub.bandcamp.com/ doom folk indie Halcyonaire A Hymn revering the parts of life in which we experience Dread, Or reverence based in fear: Serpent drank is serpent conquered—as empty Tomb. Four days to thaw what froze, four days watched the crow; adultered minds birth thoughts swaddled in fear. The cougar prowls; her head she bows: indecision is a cold grave. The cult-tongue whisper speaks closed our cult-eyes in a prayer, whose end is spoken by the sunrise, but: Might it not Hell be? I'm lonely in my bones. Hidden from heaven in the brambles and bushes the lovers laid down and the pale wolves howled. Feeling threadbare, worn too thin. If I've the heart to stand. When I die, the ground will silence my: cry. As I lay; but until then I will curse. To give a brief history of Halcyonaire, you must first start with lead singer Christopher Damien, a lone bird who used to make music under the moniker Kingfisher. For those of you keen on your ornithology, the kingfisher is a type of fish-hunting bird, but I digress... When Damien began playing with fellow musicians Brandt Burgess, Nick Cowman, and Erik Bartz, he was no longer a solo act, but more a family of band members. Hence the name change from Kingfisher to Halcyonaire, which is the family name of the tree kingfisher (genus halcyon). So Halcyonaire is the 'family/band' version of Kingfisher... though there have been a lot of variations on the name (for example, their last release was under 'Kingfisher & The Halcyonaires'). As for now, be on the look out for Halcyonaire and their newest LP Dread Hymn. To describe their sound, I think they sum it up better than I could: Halcyonaire is stomp-your-feet, clap-your-hands, California folk-rock. With many of the members hailing from Southern California, Halcyonaire is able to channel their diverse sound through spirits of their varied origins, creating a unique amalgam of spiritual desert drones, sun-drenched country pop, and California soul. In 2010, the band released their self-produced, debut full-length album, “Dread Hymn,” recorded at SF’s Tiny Telephone by engineer Ian Pellici (Deerhoof, Matt Pond). As the band continues to grow, the year 2013 will see the anticipated release of the single “Young Penitents” in July, as well as Halcyonaire’s second full-length album expected later in the year. Dead Western DEAD WESTERN is TROY MIGHTY, who demands to live. DEAD WESTERN reaches out from the Psych-Folk happening of the US Westcoast. DEAD WESTERN is the soundtrack to your fever dreams. Songs that sound like they have been here for hundred years, music you can hide within and brave the world outside. And you might need to climb in a wooden horse to get to the heart of this DEAD WESTERN... Hailing from the “New Weird America” and the Psychfolk-scene of the US-Westcoast, Dead Western was never really easy to categorize: A troubadour, a dandy or an artsy hippie? Who knows – who cares? In fact he’s one of the most interesting and impressive characters in the guild. Not only his heartcrushing deep timbre or his theatrical appearance on and off stage, but his engaging lyrical strength or the simply wonderful arrangements in his music are the major attractions of the little band Dead Western. After Dead Western’s magnum opus “Suckle at the Supple Teats of Time” (2010), Troy Mighty and his tiny magical orchestra strike back with another impressive piece of art. In the 10 songs of “Everything, Eternally” we hear a young man from California, who sounds like an old tree singing songs of love and sorrow, of harmony and destruction, of the past and the future, of others and the self, accompanied by a sensitive and graceful armada of instruments, guided by a truly unreal spirit and the force of a bipolar poet. Listening to songs like “The Old Times” or “Collapse” and considering the stunning new video for “All I Need Is All Around” it’s obvious why Mighty is often compared with a tree. The following press quote by Weird Forest fits more to Dead Western anno 2012 than at any point of his career: "Who is Troy Mighty? In shadow he appears neanderthal; in light he waxes angelic. He sounds like a forest growing with the throatless groaning of age-old trees, feels like a Victorian passage through limbo, looks like a Grecian statue. It is the shifting of rock, the scuttling of insects, the hissing of the wind: frightful, eternal." DEAD WESTERN IS THE SOUNDTRACK TO YOUR FEVER DREAMS. SONGS THAT SOUND LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN HERE FOR HUNDRED YEARS. MUSIC YOU CAN HIDE WITHIN AND BRAVE THE WORLD OUTSIDE. Sad Bastard Book Club Is it a book club or a band? Is "folky latin dirge" a legitimate musical genre? Do they fancy themselves musicians, writers, or hacks? Are they serious or is this an elaborate joke? The answer to all questions is yes. - |