Stöner Sign to Heavy Psych Sounds; Debut Album Coming Summer 2021
Stöner recently announced tour dates for UK and Ireland next Spring, and that honestly had me thinking their first album wouldn’t come out until around then, but hey, I’ll take it. The new trio with Brant Bjork, Nick Oliveri and Ryan Güt were a high point among high points in the ‘Live in the Mojave Desert’ stream series (review here), and the resultant live album, Live in the Mojave Desert Vol. 4 (review here), is out this Friday, also in part through Heavy Psych Sounds.
Accordingly, it’s not really a surprise that the three-piece would sign to the label for a debut studio outing as well — both Bjork and Oliveri are on the label too, it should be noted — and if you saw the interview with Brant Bjork back in March (video below), he said that indeed Heavy Psych Sounds would be on board for the record they made in the studio last Fall while also preparing for the performance that would become the stream. See how it all ties together? Isn’t that nice?
The grooves certainly are. Nice to know more are coming sooner than I thought.
Preorders start May 6 — next week already — and there will be a song out then too. Here’s the info with the short bio I wrote for the band:
Heavy Psych Sounds Records&Booking is really proud to present a NEW BAND signing: *** STÖNER ***
– brand new band feat. desert legends Brant Bjork and Nick Oliveri –
We’re incredibly stoked and honored to announce that the California super-band. STÖNER is now a new member of the HPS family!!
!! Heavy Psych Sounds will release the band’s debut album this summer !!
The release was recorded at The Rad Cabin, Joshua Tree, CA on October 12, 2020 by Yosef Sanborn.
DEBUT ALBUM PRESALE + FIRST TRACK PREMIERE START: MAY 6th
Rad stays rad. A few ideas are timeless. Stöner is Brant Bjork (guitar/vocals), Nick Oliveri (bass/vocals) and Ryan Güt (drums), and from flowing jams to all-out punker blasts, they know what they’re doing. It ain’t anybody’s first time at the dance, and you don’t call your band Stöner if you’ve never heard the word before. Stöner, however straight-ahead their moniker, encompass varied styles and the songwriting of Bjork and Oliveri – both founders of Kyuss, also Mondo Generator, Ché, Fu Manchu, Bloodcot, and more between them. Atop the classic-style swing and flow from Güt (also of Bjork’s solo band), Stöner keep it casual and wear the name as only those who helped create the sound could.
STÖNER – APRIL & MAY 2022 UK & IRELAND TOUR :
Fri 22 Apr : Monroes Live, Galway, Ire
Sat 23 Apr : Dolan’s Warehouse, Limerick, Ire
Sun 24 Apr : Cyprus Avenue, Cork, Ire
Mon 25 Apr : Limelight 2, Belfast, UK
Tue 26 Apr : Opium, Dublin, Ire
Thu 28 Apr : The Garage, Glasgow, UK
Fri 29 Apr : The Warehouse, Leeds, UK
Mon 02 May : Academy 3, Manchester, UK
Tue 03 May : The Mill, Birmingham, UK
Wed 04 May : Thekla, Bristol, UK
STÖNER is:
Brant Bjork – Guitars/Vocals
Nick Oliveri – Bass
Ryan Güt – Drums
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