Lord Buffalo is heavy in the way that ghosts are heavy… in the way that billowing dust is heavy. That is to say, the Austin, TX Psych-Americana band’s music impacts hard, though it seems impossible to touch. Their sound flows through us, it doesn’t invite the Pavlovian response of typical heavy rock music. Perhaps it’s fitting that their new album "Holus Bolus" on Blues Funeral Recordings takes its name from an antiquated term meaning “all at once.” It materializes instantly from the first opening notes, a grey haze drawing listeners in with deft juxtapositions of droning violin, guitars, drums and vocals.
While the quartet wades into the same murky waters as dark emotive brethren Wovenhand, All Them Witches, Chelsea Wolfe, Emma Ruth Rundle, Earth, Echo & The Bunnymen, Nick Cave, the creative interplay of Middle Eastern influences and Western folk Americana takes the record in its own enveloping, meditative direction. Embarking on a sleep-deprived road trance through High Plains iconography, "Holus Bolus" is bleak yet hopeful, a mix that is by now Lord Buffalo's established custom blend.
"Holus Bolus" was recorded by Danny Reisch and Max Lorenzen at Good Danny's in Lockhart, TX, mixed by Danny Reisch and mastered by Max Lorenzen. It will be available in vinyl, CD and digital format on July 12th, with preorders available now through Blues Funeral Recordings.
Lord Buffalo US summer tour:
7.11 Austin, TX - The 13th Floor (record release show)
7.19 Tulsa, OK - Mercury Lounge
7.20 OKC, OK - Blue Note
7.24 Phoenix, AZ - Rips Bar
7.26 Imperial, CA - Saltcedar BBQ
7.27 Los Angeles, CA - Redwood Bar
7.28 San Pedro, CA - The Sardine
7.30 Spring Valley, CA - The Bancroft Bar
7.31 Las Vegas, NV - The Usual Place
8.01 Palmdale, CA - Transplants Brewing Co.
8.03 San Francisco, CA - Bottom Of The Hill
8.06 Portland, OR - Dante's
8.07 Yakima, WA - Bearded Monkey
8.08 Boise, ID - Shrine Social Club
8.11 Denver, CO - Skylark Lounge
