Stöner to Release Totally… May 6; Preorders Up Now
They’ve released a single today, and a butt-load of merch, but I can’t find the song streaming as I write this, so I’ll update when it shows up [EDIT: It’s there now.]. The track is “A Million Beers” and I found a live version of it to put at the bottom of the post from Stöner‘s stint alongside Clutch on that band’s holiday tour in December. “A Million Beers” starts at about six and a half minutes into that video and is a good match for “Stand Down” from the first album in terms of pace, with Nick Oliveri backing Brant Bjork‘s lead vocals. Keep it simple, keep it straightforward, keep it going. I admire this band’s ability so far to not take itself too seriously.
To wit, the pepperoni pizza album art of their new record, Totally…. Tells you a lot about what you’re getting here, I think, and I don’t know how you’d see that and say anything other than “right on” in response. It’s been a long time since I last tasted Californian pizza, but it looks about right.
I know people were divided on last year’s Stoners Rule (review here), and I get that. High expectations as Oliveri and Bjork collaborate on a new project along with drummer Ryan Güt, and they purposefully stripped down their sound to its barest elements. It should be interesting to see responses to this second album, especially without a live record like earlier 2021’s Live in the Mojave Desert Vol. 4 (review here) giving an early introduction of their new songs.
Info and preorder link from the PR wire; many tour dates included and probably more to come as the band was also just confirmed for Ripplefest Texas in July:
STÖNER – totally… – sophomore album of the desert rock super band
Today we are stoked to start the presale of the STONER sophomore new album TOTALLY…!!!
The release will see the light May 6th on Heavy Psych Sounds !!!
ALBUM PRESALE: https://www.heavypsychsounds.com/shop.htm#HPS230
USA PRESALE: https://www.heavypsychsounds.com/shop-usa.htm#HPS230
NEW MERCH: https://www.heavypsychsounds.com/merch.htm#stoner
RELEASED IN
25 ULTRA LTD TEST PRESS VINYL
100 ULTRA LTD SIDE A/SIDE B WHITE-BLACK-PINK VINYL
150 ULTRA LTD HALF/HALF SPLATTER TRANSPARENT YELLOW-TRANSPARENT ORANGE-RED SPLATTER VINYL
150 ULTRA LTD 3 COLOR STRIPED VINYL
250 ULTRA LTD COLOR IN COLOR SPLATTER VINYL
LTD ORANGE VINYL
BLACK VINYL
DIGIPAK
DIGITAL
RELEASE DATE: MAY 6th
TRACKLIST
Party March
A Million Beers
Strawberry Creek (Dirty Feet)
Spacedude & The Burn
Stöner Theme
Turn It Around Now
Driving Miss Lazy
Great American Sage
This is Epic! Half of the original members of Kyuss: the Lord of Coolness Brant Bjork himself, and the mighty Rex Everything AKA Nick Oliveri former of Queens of The Stone Age are ready to deliver you the album of the year 2022 !!!
The Dukes of the Desert are back with an incredible sophomore album: STÖNER – totally … is the perfect mix of Desert Swing, Stoner Rock, Desert Rock, and Low Punk all at once!
8 brand new tracks which will blow your mind, recorded by Yosef Sunborn who followed Brant in the last decade for his solo recordings. Mellow guitars, funky stoner rhythms, blousy atmospheres, typical Nick’s punky sounds.. the album flies away in one single listen and makes you want to play it again immediately. Cover art is Hilarious, as this band wants to be. Nothing too serious, they wanna play and have fun, that’s the recipe the Dukes are bringing us after 30 years of experience !!
Produced, recorded and mixed by Yoseph Sanborn and Stöner. Released by Heavy Psych Sounds Records. Guest appearances on guitar by Greg Hetson (Circle Jerks) and Mario Lalli (Yawning Man).
Grab a slice, crank it, and catch the band on tour in ’22 in the US, Canada, UK and Europe.
STÖNER – WEST NORTH WEST TOUR 2022:
02.23 Costa Mesa CA The Wayfarer*
02.24 Santa Cruz CA Urbani’s Cellar*
02.25 Albany CA The Ivy Room*
02.26 Eugene OR The Big Dirty Live*
02.27 Portland OR Star Theater*
03.01 Seattle WA El Corazon*
03.02 Vancouver BC Rickshaw*
03.03 TBC BC*
03.04 Edmonton AB Starlite Room*
03.05 Calgary AB Palomino*
03.06 Missoula MT Badlander
03.08 Boise ID Neurolux
03.09 Salt Lake City UT Aces High
03.10 Las Vegas NV Soulbelly BBQ
03.11 Tempe AZ Pub Rock
03.12 Oceanside CA Pour House
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 + support SLOMOSA Europe 2022
06.05.22 – TBA
07.05.22 – TBA
08.05.22 – Aachen / Musikbunker Aachen
09.05.22 – Hamburg / Knust Hamburg
10.05.22 – Luxemburg / Kulturfabrik Esch-sur-Alzette
11.05.22 – Belfort / La Poudrière – Belfort
12.05.22 – Paris / Nouveau Casino
13.05.22 – Toulouse / Connexion Live
14.05.22 – TBA
15.05.22 – Barcelona / Wolf Barcelona
17.05.22 – Duedingen / Bad Bonn
18.05.22 – Winterthur / Gaswerk
19.05.22 – Wien / ARENA WIEN
20.05.22 – Graz / p.p.c.
21.05.22 – Salzburg / Rockhouse Salzburg
22.05.22 – Aschaffenburg / Colos-Saal Aschaffenburg
23.05.22 – Munich / Feierwerk
24.05.22 – Erlangen / Kulturzentrum E-Werk
25.05.22 – Dortmund / Musiktheater Piano
26.05.22 – Marburg / Kulturzentrum KFZ Marburg
27.05.22 – Dresden / Beatpol
29.05.22 – Berlin / Desertfest Berlin
STÖNER is:
Brant Bjork – Guitars/Vocals
Nick Oliveri – Bass
Ryan Güt – Drums
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