Mijn eerste indruk? Een zoveelste best goede psychrocksong, verder niets speciaals. Tot ik toch wat beter ging luisteren en een donkere blend van folk en grunge ontdekte. Dat laatste vooral in de riffs en de zang van medeoprichter Armand Lance (ook basgitaar). Ergens in diepere lagen verscholen zitten ook de vioolpartijen van collega oprichter SJ. Ik ben er nog steeds naar op zoek, maar dat kan liggen aan het feit dat ik bitter weinig ken van hoe een viool zo al kan klinken.
Trails verschijnt op 11 september 2024 verschenen via Heavy Psych Sounds Records.
Luister ook naar: Wolves
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About "Veins", bassist and vocalist Armand Lance says: “From beyond the blood Struck trail through the muck and flood. An Occupation. Veins is a three-legged chair. A minimalist nightmare scenario of atonality balanced with an undercurrent of melodic lines through the violin and vocals. One chord progression with a few variations. Nothing is in it that doesn’t need to be there.”
Spirit Mother is a heavy rock band with their sound anthologized through a folk-informed and classical lens: their dynamic and imposing wall of sound, coupled with a driving backbeat, grips through atmospheric strings and haunting vocals. Initially from Long Beach, CA, the band relocated across the United States, now residing in Buffalo, Los Angeles and the high desert of Eastern Oregon. Formed by vocalist and bassist Armand Lance and violinist SJ, their line-up has since solidified with the addition of guitarist Sean McCormick and drummer Landon Cisneros, providing a striking sound described by The Obelisk as lush and ranging, a “languid grunge blasted into outer space in the desert night”.
Lead singer and songwriter Armand Lance creates the bones of the music in the attic of his rural ranch between cattle working and mustang wrangling — a likeness to his father’s upbringing as an Ecuadorian cowboy. The group convenes at this cabin to write and develop their repertoire before hitting the road nationally and abroad. Spirit Mother received critical praise for their first album "Cadets": “a distinct chance we’ll look back on this as an early gem from a band going places” hailed The Sleeping Shaman.
In 2020, Spirit Mother was tapped for a pandemic project to create a live record/concert film in the style of Pink Floyd’s "Live at Pompeii". Released through Giant Rock Records and Heavy Psych Sounds Records, "Live In The Mojave Desert Vol.3" was well received by fans and critics alike. "If you didn’t know who Spirit Mother was before seeing this show, there’s no way anyone is forgetting them anytime soon. Brilliant," stated US website GBHBL.com.
In 2023, the band released their latest single “Locust//Dead Cells” and embarked on their debut European tour with summer festival appearances at Metal Days, PALP and Sonic Blast, followed by an extensive US Tour in the fall. Spirit Mother recently signed to Heavy Psych Sounds Records while in the studio for their sophomore album “Trails”, which September 2024 release will be supported by another coast-to-coast US tour and stops at Desertfest NYC and Levitation Fest in Austin, TX.
lineup Armand Lance - Bass, vocals SJ - Violin, vocals Landon Cisneros - Drums Sean McCormick - Guitar
