King Buffalo – Acheron

Monday, a new week and it's time to present "Record Of The Week".

"Acheron" is the latest release from KING BUFFALO, the follow up to from "The Burden Of Restlessness", which was released earlier this year and is part of a series of albums whose third chapter is expected next year.

"Acheron" follows the same part as the previous one, but with a heavier psych sound and that you almost could feel that this is made during the pandemic era, there is some sadness in the space. Could be that the album is recorded in a cave and got the nickname "The Cave Album", as it was recorded in the Howe Caverns, which is far from Rochester, New York. Artwork by Ryan T. Hancock

The album opens up with the title tune "Acheron", a real beauty that ticks just over ten minutes and is one of four long pieces on this album. It's like a spaceys journey to the unknown. "Zephyr" is more riff based piece that give you a great trip through life. "Shadows" has a bit more electronic approach, that floats nicely in the atmosphere they are building. The synth solo in the middle takes you back to the eigthies. The guitars are marvelous. "Cerberus" is an tense and melancholic piece that almost hypnotise you, put you in some kind of statis. The songs takes some time to sink in, but it will worth the ride if you let it spin a few times. The tunes is full of well thought riffs and intressting passages to get lost in. A great delivery from KING BUFFALO and Im already longing for the third part.

Sum: "Acheron" is the evolution you are looking for!

Today's tune "Shadows" taken from "Acheron", enjoy!

 

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King Buffalo – The Burden Of Restlessness

Monday, time to present "Record Of The Week".

The Rochester trio KING BUFFALO is havening a boom in the creation cabbin, last year we got the 2020 release "Dead Star". And as far as the rumours says this new release "The Burden Of Restlessness" is the first of three that we are going to get this year.

"The Burden Of Restlessness" was written over the course of what most would consider a pretty stark and stressful time period. The end result is our darkest, most aggressive, and most intimate work to date. We are extremely proud of what this record became.” – Sean McVay

The trio of Sean, Dan, and Scott have once again created a marvlous piece of art on "The Burden Of Restlessness". It's a powerful concoction of heavy psych, blues, and stoner rock in stunning cohesion.

The album opens up with "Burning", where the rythm section of the bassist Dan Reynolds and drummer Scott Donaldson that build up the space until the light guitar plink by vocalist/guitarist Sean McVay and the clear and impressive bass riffs creats something so simple and so magnific. The vocals feels incredibly comfortable and is just right in the mix. "Hebetation" is a groovy piece with a popish prog attitude along catchy lyrics and some electronica to boost up things. The electronic addons continues in the trippy piece "Locusts". "Silverfish" is a an intressting tune, some nice twincles that increases during the journey along with Sean smooth vocals. Half way thru the riffs gets heavier and heavier even the singing becomes more strained. The funky "Grifter" is a relly cool tune that burst up from time to time. "The Knocks" shows a little more beep and spout in the guitar in a very nice flow where the thoughts go away and pat Genesis and Frank Zappa on the shoulder. An amazing guitar playing in the end of the tune. The album closes up with "Loam", hand pick intro in an ambient environment with smooth vocals and really beautiful bass playing. Halfway thru that tune burst out with some heavier layout and some incredible guitar playing.

Sum: "The Burden Of Restlessness" is clever and marvelous made piece of music, it soft and smooth and in the same time hard and heavy. This is an album for any atmospheric psychedelic heavy rock fans out there. Get it!

"The Burden Of Restlessness" was released June 4, 2021. Written and recorded by KING BUFFALO in Rochester, NY at the Main Street Armory in December of 2020 & January of 2021. Produced, Engineered and Mixed by Sean McVay. Mastered by Bernie Matthews. Artwork by Zdzisław Beksiński, Cover Fonts by Mike Turzanski, Layout by Scott Donaldson

Today's tune "Silverfish" is taken from "The Burden Of Restlessness", enjoy!



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King Buffalo - Centurion

Friday and finally this week is over, got 2 days off, the hole weekend, whoa!! This evening, almost by my self, a glutefree beer, some music spinning on the stereo and I feel free, happy and totaly relaxed, even if im dead tierd after a hard week at work, the music in the space make me enjoy life so much. Got a little flash back earlier today, was thinking of KING BUFFALOS show that they did earlier this year here in Sweden, a magical time, so when I came home it was time to air the vinyl a bit, a spin of the "Repeater" EP with Rochester, psychedelic/heavy blues band KING BUFFALO.

An EP that is an magical minimalist drone rumble at it's best. Almost 25 minutes of the finest of KING BUFFALO. 3 tunes which slides like the best beer, so smoothly through the mouth, through the throat down to the stomach and finally ends up in the toilet an hour later. Except for the last sentence. The last tune on the EP "Centurion" is a true magnificent piece that invades your ears with heavy driving riffs and a familiar groove. Psychedelic, blues and stoner overtones combine with thunderous bass and drums, reminiscent of heavy 70’s rock. A wall of sound, a trio of soaring sounds, and an unrelenting pace merge to form their own musical styling.

So enjoy today's tune, I will for sure.

Here is a live clip from the same tour, but in Norway at Parkteatret in Oslo, 26.04.2018!



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Elder - Dead Roots Stirring

The four-piece heavy psych band ELDER, hailing from Boston, USA. Did a quick stop here in Stockholm for a show at Slaktkyrkan. Fuzz and heavy psych was delivered in a superb way. Great to see this band live. Their lengthy songs are told as stories, unfolding and undulating across genre boundaries and into new kosmische territory.

Live from Slaktkyrkan

Since the release of 2010′s "Dead Roots Stirring", their second full-length record for MeteorCity Records, ELDER has continued to push their sound in more dynamic and inspiring directions, while still holding true to their original methodology: all heavy, no filler.

Today's tune "Dead Roots Stirring" is filmed Live @ Monteray 24.04.2016 at Robustfest IV, enjoy!



EUROPEAN TOUR – APR/MAY 2018

with KING BUFFALO

24.04.2016 DK – Copenhagen, VEGA
25.04.2016 SWE – Stockholm, Undergången
26.04.2018 NOR – Oslo, Parkteatret
27.04.2018 NOR – Bergen, Landmark Bergen
28.04.2018 NOR – Stavanger, Folken
30.04.2018 SWE – Gothenburg, Sticky Fingers // Göteborg
01.05.2018 GER – Hamburg, Hafenklang
03.05.2018 PL – Kracow, TBA
04.05.2018 PL – Warsaw, Klub Hydrozagadka
05.05.2018 GER – Desertfest Berlin 2018
06.05.2018 UK – Desertfest London 2018
07.05.2018 B – Brussels, Ancienne Belgique – AB
08.05.2018 NL – Haarlem, Patronaat Haarlem
09.05.2018 CH – Winterthur, Gaswerk
10.05.2018 F – Gueret, Festival Metal Culture(s) VIII
12.05.2018 ESP – Madrid, Kristonfest 2018*
15.05.2018 IS – Reykjavik, Gaukurinn*

* no KING BUFFALO

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King Buffalo - Kerosene

Yesterday I was at Slaktkyrkan here in Stockholm to watch a live show with KING BUFFALO and ELDER. Two bands that I think I never have seen or I have but forgotten it, hehe.

KING BUFFALO is a psychedelic trio in the classic format of bass, drums, and guitar, whose expansive and thunderous music is anything but easily definable.

Formed by three long-standing members of the blooming Rochester, NY rock scene, KING BUFFALO gathered in September of 2013 to start working on a new musical collaboration in a heavy rock vein. Their efforts spawned a demo release and several splits and one-offs which, coupled with their impressive live show, quickly gained them an international audience.

KING BUFFALO is:

Sean McVay - Guitar & Lead Vocals
Scott Donaldson - Drums & Vocals
Dan Reynolds - Bass & Lights

The show with the guys was awesome, plenty of time for a support band to play all the great tune they have. Was pretty lucky, as a big supporter of small bands I always if any, buy some Vinyl. This time they had "Orion" on the road, so I bought a copy and got it signed, whohaa! Great record. So today we pick a tune from it of course.

KING BUFFALO performing "Kerosene" at Wicked Squid Studios in Rochester NY - 3/17/2016, Enjoy!



More Tour Dates:

APR 26 THU Parkteatret Elder Oslo, Norway
APR 27 FRI Landmark Bergen Elder Bergen, 07, Norway
APR 28 SAT Folken Elder Stavanger, Norway
APR 30 MON Sticky Fingers Elder Göteborg, Västra Götalands Län, Sweden
MAY 1 TUE Hafenklang Elder Hamburg, 04, Germany
MAY 3 THU Klub Zaścianek Elder Kraków, Małopolskie, Poland
MAY 4 FRI Klub Hydrozagadka Elder Warsaw, Poland
MAY 5 SAT Desertfest Berlin 2018 Elder Graveyard Berlin, Germany
MAY 6 SUN Desertfest London 2018 Elder London, P5, United Kingdom
MAY 7 MON Ancienne Belgique Elder Brussels, Belgium
MAY 8 TUE Patronaat Haarlem Elder Haarlem, Netherlands
MAY 9 WED Gaswerk Elder Winterthur, Switzerland
AUG 17 FRI Psycho Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV, United States

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