Note that in the video below for the pre-release single from Redwood‘s self-titled debut EP, “High Speed Tripper,” you don’t actually see the (entire) face of anyone in the band. It’s an anonymous project, so that stands to reason. If you follow the transitions from one instrument to the next for a while, you can start to figure out a little bit about the band, which is based in California much like the actual redwoods and which will release the EP on July 22.

All told the release is comprised of five songs and while there’s a bit of shade to its atmosphere, the crux of “High Speed Tripper” is in a weighted, relatively straightforward groove with tripped-out guitar layered over top. Vocals are throaty in a blues style but relatively buried to let the music surrounding feel that much bigger, and when the ending solo takes hold, you’re left wishing the track went longer than its just-under-five-minutes. Dude seems to have a pretty cool car as well, though I say that mostly for his stickers as I’m not really big on automobiles.

Then plan as I’m made to understand it is release Redwood in a limited-to-40 CD pressing — an act after my heart — and then go from there. I don’t know if there’s much hype around this stuff yet — there seems to be so much politics in Bandcamp tags and shares and all that crap these days — but “High Speed Tripper” is a cool blend and the roll of “Ponder,” which follows and has also been posted for streaming, reaffirms what works about it.

Just one to keep an eye out for, if you’re up for such things:

DEBUT REDWOOD EP SET TO RELEASE JULY 22nd!

The “REDWOOD EP” will be available for purchase on Bandcamp in digital format and a very limited run of CDs. Each CD includes a limited edition sticker.

Pre orders start this Saturday July 2nd! Bandcamp link in bio!

Get them while you can!

Album art by the amazing @mirkowgastow

1. Another Pill
2. High Speed Tripper
3. Ponder
4. Shallow Grave
5. Mutual Self Destruct

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Redwood, Redwood (2022)

Redwood, “High Speed Tripper” official video

Desertscene in London — the same good people who put together Desertfest there and have worked to bring it to New York as well — have paired up with the country/Americana/blues Black Deer Festival to present a stage called The Roadhouse that’ll have custom motorcycles hanging around, camping and a lineup that’s pretty kickass front to back. It’s not exactly like they’re sneaking into the bill, but you’ve got Yawning Man, Asteroid, Brant Bjork and Groundhogs and King Buffalo and Radio Moscow and Duel and Steak and Child and so on bringing their wares to Edridge Park in Kent and it seems to me you could do a hell of a lot worse than kind of having a mini-Desertfest built into another festival. That’s how you reach a broader audience, by playing for people who maybe haven’t already heard you. Seems likely a few heads will be turned across the three-day event.

The PR wire has info:

BLACK DEER FESTIVAL REVEAL MORE NAMES FOR 2019

Another round of carefully curated names have been added to the Black Deer Festival lineup today, making for an impressive second year for the award-winning new event. The three-day celebration of Americana and Country, set in the beautiful Eridge Park in Kent, presents a unique experience combining music, food and Americana culture that can’t be found anywhere else in the UK.

Brant Bjork, the member of two of the most influential 90’s stoner rock bands Kyuss and Fu Manchu, whose desert rock and roots style will resonate from The Roadhouse stage in June. Brant Bjork joins the all American heavy blues contingent of previously announced Left Lane Cruiser, Radio Moscow and The Roadhouse ‘house band’ Steak – all curated by Desertscene for Black Deer.

Completing today’s line up is British blues rock band Groundhogs, who are best known for their 70’s single Cherry Red – a name adopted by one of Britain’s longest standing independent record labels – as well as heavy psych-blues trio King Buffalo, Australian blues-rockers Child, 60’s psychedelic songwriter Roxanne De Bastion, California’s experimental rockers Yawning Man, Country preacher Paul Cauthen, larger than life boatman and bluesman Sonic Gypsy and Hertfordshire’s rock band Redwood.

ARTISTS ANNOUNCED TO DATE (A-Z)
Asteroid, Band of Horses, Brant Bjork, Chance McCoy, Child, Daniel Antopolsky, Duel, Fantastic Negrito, Ferris & Sylvester, Gordie MacKeeman and His Rhythm Boys, Groundhogs, Hayseed Dixie, Irish Mythen, Jerron Blind Boy Paxton, John Butler Trio, John Smith, Justin Townes Earle, King Buffalo, Kris Kristofferson & The Strangers, Larkin Poe, Left Lane Cruiser, Lucero, Martin Harley, Morganway, Mountains, Neko Case, Paul Cauthen, Radio Moscow, Redwood, Roxanne De Bastion, Ryan Bingham, Sonic Gypsy, Steak, Stubb, The Black Wizards, The Dead South, The Marcus King Band, The Mavericks, The Sheepdogs, The Staves, The Vintage Caravan, The Wandering Hearts, The Trials of Cato, William Crighton, Worry Dolls, Yawning Man.

TICKET INFORMATION
Tier 1 tickets on sale now and are available from https://blackdeerfestival.com/tickets/
Ticket prices from £105 – subject to booking fees.

Tier 2 tickets will be on sale from 26th February.

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King Buffalo, “Longing to be the Mountain” live in Philadelphia, Nov. 3, 2018