YAWNING MAN Sign to Heavy Psych Sounds; New Album this Summer

Yawning Man Sign to Heavy Psych Sounds; New Album this Summer

Yeah, this one makes sense to me. Don’t get me wrong, it’s awesome news that a new Yawning Man is happening and I honestly think that Heavy Psych Sounds is the perfect label to give them the respect they’ve long since deserved. It’s just that with Fatso Jetson already on the roster, and having recently signed Brant Bjork and released that trilogy of Nebula reissues, Heavy Psych Sounds has made itself something of a haven for desert rock of that classic Californian ilk, so yeah, signing Yawning Man makes a whole lot of sense.

So does the fact that the band’s new album, the official title of which has yet to be unveiled but which I’ve speculated might be called The Revolt Against Tired Noises based on art posted by the band — don’t quote me on it, the record that for years I called Gravity is Good for You never materialized as that; though to be fair it wasn’t keen detective work that told me that title, it was the band itself — is coming out this summer. For the vast majority of bands, you don’t go ahead and book a seven-week tour of Europe without a new release to promote. I’d expect it sometime around July or August, then — the tour is also called ‘The Revolt Against Tired Noises’ — though if it wanted to show up sooner, say like, today, in my inbox, I certainly wouldn’t complain.

Either way, killer and sensible news all around. It’s nice when the universe makes the math work.

From the PR wire:

Experimental desert rock godfathers YAWNING MAN sign to Heavy Psych Sounds Records!

Heavy Psych Sounds Records is proud to announce the signing of US desert rock godfathers YAWNING MAN on their roster. The band is currently working on their their sixth album, which details will be unveiled soon.

Formed in the late 1980’s, the lineup of Gary Arce, Mario Lalli, and Bill Stinson rounds out their year-long active recording and touring schedule. Arce and Lalli’s background together date back to the start of YAWNING MAN with Stinson’s background steeped in the SST Records world through performing and recording with Gregg Ginn and Chuck Dukowski of Black Flag for several years. YAWNING MAN is acknowledged and recognized throughout the underground heavy music community as a key piece in the developments of the desert/stoner rock subgenres. While their contemporaries gravitated toward the heavy riffs of grunge, and post punk, YAWNING MAN leaned in another direction with their unique and organic, cinematic compositions and psychedelic improvisations… the perfect soundtrack to encompass the spacious moonscape atmosphere of the well documented “generator parties” of their area in the late 1980’s.

It was at these gatherings where they developed this distinctive style and sound by enchanting spectators with their seemingly endless free form instrumental sessions, which echoed through the beautiful deserts, mesas, and landscapes of the Coachella Valley. As time passed, their legend grew with notable names of the Palm Desert music scene paying homage to the group through mention and praise, notably with legendary desert band Kyuss (Joshua Homme, Brant Bjork, John Garcia, Scott Reeder) doing their own rendition of the YAWNING MAN track “Catamaran” on the 1995 Elektra release …And The Circus Leaves Town. Festival appearances include Hellfest (FR), Azkena Fest (ES), Reverence Fest (ES) Desertfest London, Desertfest Berlin, Up in Smoke (CH), Psycho Las Vegas (US), Stoned & Dusted I & II (US), and various others. The recent documentaries on the Deserts unique music scene Lo Sound Desert and Desert Age give light on YAWNING MAN’s influential impact on underground rock music.

YAWNING MAN New album coming soon on HPS Records…

YAWNING MAN IS
Gary Arce – Guitar
Mario Lalli – Bass
Bill Stinson – Drums

(* with ANANDA MIDA)

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Yawning Man, Historical Graffiti (2016)

<a href="http://yawningman.bandcamp.com/album/historical-graffiti">Historical Graffiti by Yawning Man</a>

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