Upper Darby, PA. (Top40 Charts/ Relapse Records) Loaded week for Richmond, VA psyche doomers, Windhand. Not only have they graciously shared their entire album stream with us via Pitchfork (available for the next two weeks), they've also announced a Winter tour with High On Fire, Kvelertak and kick off their extensive US and European tour tomorrow night in Baltimore. Windhand's second full-length album, Soma, is just about ready for release - hitting the shelves
September 17 via Relapse Records. After rightfully surging the DIY circuit with stirring live shows, their very own IPA, a critically acclaimed self-titled release last year and a split with label-mates Cough this year, Windhand take their next step forth with Soma. The album is nothing short of transcendent and speaks to more than just doom-metal fanatics—this is an epic record for all fans of guitar driven rock and roll.
Check out "Orchard" on Soundcloud here:
Check out "Woodbine" on Soundcloud here:
On Soma, Windhand successfully make syrupy slow, downtuned doom hooky and anthemic. Propelled by singer Dorthia Cottrell's beautifully haunting bellow, Windhand's dual guitar attack sounds like the glorious misfit offspring of
Black Sabbath and Nirvana. An easy candidate for heavy music record of the year. The album was recorded and mixed by the band's own Garrett Morris at The Darkroom and mastered by
James Plotkin in their hometown.
Formed in 2009, Windhand (Asechiah Bogdan - Guitar, Parker Chandler - Bass, Dorthia Cottrell - Vocals, Garrett Morris - Guitar, and Ryan Wolfe - Drums) play what has been described as a tinnitus inducing mix of eerie psychedelia and haunting ambient doom. 2012 saw the release of their self-titled, debut LP via Forcefield Records and was critically acclaimed by Decibel, Pitchfork, CVLT Nation and many more.
WINDHAND US LIVE DATES:
9/5: The Side Bar - Baltimore, MD %
9/6: St. Vitus - Brooklyn, NY
9/7: Golden Tea House - Philadelphia, PA %
9/8: Belvidere's - Pittsburgh, PA
9/9: Shrunken Head - Columbus, OH
9/10: The
Melody Inn - Indianapolis, IN
9/11: The Cobra Lounge - Chicago, IL
9/12: The Cactus Club - Milwaukee, WI
9/13: Cause Spirits & Soundbar - Minneapolis, MN
9/15: Shooter's - Billings, MT
9/16: The Badlander - Missoula, MT
9/17: The Highline - Seattle, WA
9/18: Ash St. Saloon - Portland, OR
9/19: Monstros
Pizza - Chico, CA *
9/20: The Hemlock - San Francisco, CA
9/21: The Stork Club - Oakland, CA
9/22: The Complex - Los Angeles, CA
9/23: Burt's Tiki Lounge - Salt Lake City, UT
9/24: 3
Kings Tavern - Denver, CO
9/25: The Bourbon Theatre - Lincoln, NB ^
9/26: The Record Bar - Kansas City, MO
9/27: Doublewide - Dallas, TX #
9/28: The Grotto - Ft. Worth, TX #
9/29: The Mohawk - Austin, TX
9/30: White Water Tavern -
Little Rock, AR
10/1: The Owl Farm - Nashville, TN
10/2: The Hideaway - Johnson City, TN &
10/3: Strange Matter - Richmond, VA
11/29: Granada Theatre - Lawrence, KS $
12/2: West End Cultural Center - Winnipeg, MB $
12/4: Starlite Room - Edmonton, MB $
12/5: Republik - Calgary, AB $
12/7: Venue Vancouver - Vancouver, BC $
12/8: El Corazon - Seattle, WA $
12/9: Hawthorne Theatre - Portland, OR $
12/12: El Rey Theatre - Los Angeles, CA $
12/13: TBA - Phoenix, AZ 12/14: TBA - Albuquerque, NM
12/15: TBA - Oklahoma City, OK 12/16: TBA - Austin, TX
12/17: TBA - Dallas, TX
% - w/ Ilsa
* - w/ Amarok
^ - w/ Call of the Void
# - w/ Solomon & Pinkish Black
& - w/ Generation of Vipers
$ - w/ High On Fire & Kvelertak
WINDHAND EUROPEAN LIVE DATES:
11/1: Charlatan - Ghent, BE #
11/2: Mudfest - Venlo, NL #
11/3: TBA - Paris, FR #
11/4: Asylum - Birmingham, UK #
11/5: Star & Garter - Manchester, UK #
11/6: Our
Black Heart - London, UK #
11/8: Rocksound - Barcelona, ES #
11/9: Rock & Pop - Madrid, ES #
11/10: Sentinel Rock Bar - Bilbao, ES #
11/11: TBA - Clermont Ferrand, FR #
11/12: TBA - Strasbourg, FR #
11/14: TBA - Groningen, NL #
11/15: 1000Fryd - Aalborg, DK #
11/16: Truckstop Alaska - Gothenburg, SWE #
11/17: KB18 - Copenhagen, DK #
11/18: Rote Flora - Hamburg, GER #
11/19: Cassiopeia - Berlin, GER #
11/20: Zoro - Leipzig, GER #
11/21:
Arena - Vienna, Austria #
11/22: Donaustubel - Gunzburg, GER #
11/23: MTC - Cologne, GER #
11/24: OCCII - Amsterdam, NL #
4/12/14: Roadburn Festival - Tilburg, The Netherlands
# - w/ Pilgrim
SOMA
Relapse Records
N. America:
September 17, 2013
Germany/Benelux:
September 13, 2013
UK/World:
September 16, 2013
Formats: CD/2xLP/Digital
1 - Orchard
2 - Woodbine
3 - Feral Bones
4 - Evergreen
5 - Cassock
6 - Boleskin
"Smoke-filled riffs clobber the air…" - NPR
"Top 5 Best New Artists of September" - Spin
"…moves slowly but steadily and unapologetically…treating this stretched span only as an excuse to hit harder for longer" - Pitchfork
