Silver Synthetic joins U-Turn roster !
By the time the band played its first gig in late 2018 at the opening of Nola’s ManRay Records, the songs had multiplied and the members of the newly christened Silver Synthetic had become genuine rock & roll craftsmen. In a world that doesn’t seem capable of swaying, Silver Synthetic’s self-titled debut shakes and boogies.
Today, OSEES announce their updated UK + EU tour dates. The tour is postponed due to the cancellations caused by COVID-19.
Osees are having to reschedule their May 2021 tour due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, The London shows at the Electric Ballroom are now moving to a new venue and instead they are playing a new London date at the Troxy on November 12th 2021. All tickets purchased for the Electric Ballroom shows on May 19 and 20 are valid for the Troxy show on November 12th 2021 or refunds are available at point of purchase.
More info and tickets can be found here.
UK & EUROPE NOVEMBER 2021
5/11/21 – UK – Cardiff – Tramshed
6/11/21 – UK – Birmingham – The Crossing
8/11/21 – UK – Edinburgh – Liquid Room
9/11/21 – UK – Newcastle – Boiler Shop
10/11/21 – UK – Liverpool – Invisible Wind Factory
11/11/21 – UK – Leeds – Irish Center
12/11/21 – UK – London – Troxy
14/11/21 – NL – Utrecht – Guess Who Festival
15/11/21 – FR – Lille – Aéronef
16/11/21 – FR – Cherbourg – Le Circuit
17/11/21 – FR – Paris – Cabaret Sauvage
18/11/21 – FR – Bordeaux – Rock School Barbey
19/11/21 – FR – Biarritz – Atabal
20/11/21 – FR – Nîmes – Paloma R
23/11/21 – BE – Gent – Vooruit
24/11/21 – DE – Dusseldorf – Zakk R
25/11/21 – DE – Berlin – Festsaal Kreuzberg R
UK AND IRELAND MAY 2022
8/5/22 – UK – Brighton – Chalk R
9/5/22 – UK – Cambridge – Junction R
10/5/22 – UK – Oxford – 02 Academy R
12/5/22 – IRE – Dublin – Button Factory R
13/5/22 – IRE – Dublin – Button Factory R
14/5/22 – UK – Glasgow – QMU HLD R
15/5/22 – UK – Manchester – Albert Hall R
17/5/22 – UK – Bristol – SWX R
Welcome to Grave Flowers Bongo Band !
« With a darkish, distorted sound, Grave Flowers Bongo Band blends the scuzzy psychedelia of the late 60s with the uncooked energy of the scene that birthed the primary punks, then washing it within the sun-kissed leather-based sheen of contemporary L.A. » Castle Face Records
Los Angeles’ Grave Flowers Bongo Band’s sophomore LP “Strength of Spring” is an inverted pyramid balanced on the headstock of an acoustic guitar, a rainbow painted in campfire smoke, an endless staircase circling into the clouds. That acoustic guitar, perfectly captured here by Ty Segall’s excellently sere and close mic’d production, plays skeleton to these conjurors woolly grooves, and singer Gabe Flores’ thousand-yard moan keeps us guessing as to exactly where this wildebeest is headed. He pinions these far out tunes, which burst generously with shit-hot guitar leads, Stoogeseque sax squalls, and a gaggle of great eight-armed drum fills, with a flinty wrist-flicking heartbeat as the band turns from whimsy to nimble riffery on a dime, following that pied-piper six string jangling down many lovely rabbit-holes of melody and exploration. It’s obvious these guys play together a lot (the lineup shares two members with acclaimed space rockers Hoover III to boot) and the telepathy on display here is synapse-snappy. Coursing throughout is that note-pad filling, lighter raising, undefinable black magic that feels so rare these days….we dig it mightily and we think you will too, it’s out on Castle Face Records April 30th.
Reigning Sound is back in our roster ! The Memphis legend rock band led by Greg Cartwright, have announced their first studio LP since 2014. Hear the new song “A Little More Time” from the new record A Little More Time With Reigning Sound.
« Reigning Sound joined the Merge roster in 2014 with Shattered. The band’s principal songwriter/member is Greg Cartwright, who’s been leading the shifting cast of characters since 2001. You may be familiar with some of the band’s work, as this album is preceded by five studio efforts as well as numerous EPs and live records. Or perhaps some of Greg’s other projects have been on your musical radar: The Oblivians, Parting Gifts, Compulsive Gamblers, 68 Comeback, Deadly Snakes, Detroit Cobras. » Merge Records
Wand Leader, Cory Hanson, Joins U-Turn Roster for French Tours. He will be on tour in 2022.
« Cory Hanson has led the Los Angeles psych-rock band Wand for the past seven years, and they just released their Laughing Matter album last year. But Hanson also makes music without his band. Hanson released his solo debut The Unborn Capitalist From Limbo in 2016, and he got together with his friend Ty Segall to drop a couple of benefit tracks earlier this year. Next year, Hanson will return with his second solo LP.
Hanson’s new album is called Pale Horse Rider, and it promises a way-out take on country-rock. First single “Paper Fog” is a warm, strummy chug that slowly piles on more and more spacey effects. Hanson’s voice is a relatively plainspoken tenor, but his guitar aims for the astral plane. » Stereogum