Yawning Sons Sign to Ripple Music; New Album Due in 2021
I’ll happily go on record saying I count the first Yawning Sons album, 2009’s Ceremony to the Sunset (review here, vinyl review here), among the finest desert rock albums ever made. Word of a follow-up from the collaboration between founding Yawning Man guitarist Gary Arce and the members of UK progressive heavy rockers Sons of Alpha Centauri has been kicked around for a couple years now, and with the group’s signing to Ripple Music, it would seem to have just become that much more real.
Among the great many things to which one might look forward to happening in 2021, this might top my list in terms of LPs. If you don’t understand that or don’t agree, Ceremony to the Sunset is streaming below. We’ll talk again after you listen.
The PR wire has this:
YAWNING SONS (with Yawning Man and Sons Of Alpha Centauri members) join the Ripple Music family for new album release in 2021.
Ripple Music are exceptionally happy to announce that YAWNING SONS, the transatlantic collaboration between instrumental desert legends Yawning Man and UK trance rock cultists Sons of Alpha Centauri, have joined the Ripple Music family and will return with their eagerly awaited sophomore album in spring 2021.
Formed in 2008 when Yawning Man’s signature sound guitarist Gary Arce travelled to the UK to work with Sons of Alpha Centauri. Upon the first day of working in the studio, it was clear that something special was taking place. Within the space of a week, a new band was formed with the resulting sound is like no other experienced before.
In 2009, the debut album and instant cult classic ‘Ceremony to the Sunset’ followed, receiving near universal critical acclaim with performances from Mario Lalli (Fatso Jetson, Desert Sessions), Scott Reeder (Kyuss, The Obssesed) and Wendy Rae Fowler (QOTSA, Earthlings?) on vocals. The band have since released two singles with fellow Palm desert rockers WaterWays in 2011 and Fatso Jetson in 2018.
YAWNING SONS will return in 2021 with a new album on Ripple Music, with more details to be unveiled very soon. Founding member and bass player Nick Hannon declares: “Since 2009, we’ve been looking for a home that reflected the ideology of the band and our collaborative ethos and Ripple Music are perfect – looking forward!”
YAWNING SONS lineup:
Gary Arce – guitars
Marlon King – guitars/vocals
Nick Hannon – bass
Stevie B – drums
Kyle Hanson – drums
Blake – effects
Scott Reeder / Wendy Rae Fowler / Dandy Brown / Mario Lalli – vocals
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http://www.sonsofalphacentauri.co.uk/yawningsons.php
