Yawning Man: Rock Formations Reissue Preorder Available
Imagine taking nearly 20 years to put out your debut album and still being ahead of your time. As Yawning Man have steadily grown into a touring and recording act over the last 15 years, the trio-sometimes-more have gradually come to be recognized for their work among the progenitors of desert rock. At the time they first released Rock Formations (discussed here) in 2005 through Alone Records, that was hardly the case. The album was a soundscaping curio, marked out by the guitar tone of Gary Arce and defining pieces like “Perpetual Oyster” and its title-track, but still not really received with the due respect it deserved. One expects a forthcoming LP reissue through Ripple Music will work to change that.
Yawning Man working with Ripple is notable. The band had been and may still be for all I know signed to Heavy Psych Sounds, but it was Ripple that put out the Arce-inclusive Yawning Sons album this year, so following up with a Yawning Man reissue may be a precursor to working a next studio full-length or it may not. Either way, as I said, notable.
And as far as the record goes, at this point it’s inarguable. Reissue it every week until the entire planet has a copy. It’s the ‘Bright Side of the Sun’ of desert rock.
From the PR wire:
Ripple Music to reissue YAWNING MAN’s cornerstone debut ‘Rock Formations’ on vinyl this August 6th; preorder available now!
Ripple Music teams up desert rock godfathers YAWNING MAN to reissue their long sold-out cornerstone debut album ‘Rock Formations’ on vinyl this summer. It will be available on black vinyl and limited colored vinyl on August 6th, 2021, with preorder up now!
Ripple Music presents the much-demanded re-release of the first album from the legendary Palm Desert band YAWNING MAN, once known as the favorite band of Brant Bjork and among the biggest influences on Kyuss. Although formed in 1986 by Mario Lalli on bass, Gary Arce on guitar, Alfredo Hernandez on drums, the band only released their debut full-length in 2005 on Alone Records. ‘Rock Formations’ has been called “a melancholic mix of acoustic space rock with elements of surf music as well as middle eastern guitar style,” and it represents the primordial statement from one of the most important bands ever to emerge from the California desert.
YAWNING MAN bassist Mario Lalli declares: “This album truly reflects a point in our evolution as musicians where we touched on a sound that resonated with us to this day, while the band has been together since 1986 this album was essential to our growth and is very dear to us, we are very excited to be working with Ripple Music on this reissue.”
‘Rock Formations’ will be reissued on August 6th via Ripple Music, and available to preorder on:
– Limited Edition Gatefold LP (200 copies pressed on pure white and royal blue color-in-color vinyl with gold splatter + 8-page art book included)
– Worldwide Edition Gatefold LP (black vinyl + 8-page art book included)
YAWNING MAN ‘Rock Formations’ reissue
Out August 6th on Ripple Music –
PREORDER: https://ripplemusic.bandcamp.com/album/rock-formations
TRACK LISTING:
1. Rock Formations
2. Perpetual Oyster
3. Stoney Lonesome
4. Split Tooth Thunder
5. Sonny Bono Memorial Freeway
6. Airport Boulevard
7. Advanced Darkness
8. She Scares Me
9. Crater Lake
10. Buffalo Chips
YAWNING MAN is:
Gary Arce – guitar
Mario Lalli – bass
Bill Stinson – drums
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