Freak Valley 2022: Duel, Toundra, Psychlona & Kosmodome Added
I wanna go to Freak Valley 2022 so bad I can taste it. There’s so much to see here — this time adding Duel, Toundra, Psycholona and Kosmodome to the mix — and between Slomatics and The Midnight Ghost Train and Geezer, IAH, Temple Fang, Green Lung, Pelican, Supersonic Blues and Elder, never mind any of the actual headliners — fucking MONSTER MAGNET — it’s never been so urgent, my need to go to Siegen, Germany, this June. That’s three months from now. I’m working on it. I’m doing my best.
Talk about once-in-a-lifetime lineups. I’ve got friends playing this and people I’ve never actually met but have spoken to for over a decade. I’ve got a logo on the poster! Doesn’t that count for something. It’s The Obelisk and Rock Hard magazine and Rockpalast. These people are fucking legends. I feel like I should be outside rattling the gate, begging my way in.
It may yet come to that. I wrote this announcement below, and there was originally another band included that got nixed last minute owing to some uncertainty, but still. Fuck this looks awesome. Let me go just this once. Let me get away with something.
To wit:
Freaks!
The world turns, the sky burns and we step up to bring you new additions to Freak Valley Festival this June!
We’ve been working diligently behind the scenes to bring you a safe and special fest to make up for our lost time together and we know you’ll dig the latest. Here goes:
Toundra
Marking their 15th anniversary in 2022, Spanish progressive instrumentalists Toundra will come back to Netphen with January’s ‘Hex’ album in tow. Released through InsideOut Music, the new record finds them as-ever honing their atmospheres between heavy post-rock and heightened-consciousness psychedelia. They’re not quite like anyone else, and we know they’ll be welcome on our stage.
Duel
These marauding Texans return by popular demand after having hit Freak Valley in 2019 on their European tour. After experiencing last year’s In Carne Persona, however, we couldn’t be more stoked to have Duel back. We already know their live sets are rippers – exclusively – and they’ll be here in June with their most ferocious batch of songs yet. This is the kind of band you should be telling your friends about.
Psychlona
Speaking of, Britain’s continually emergent Psychlona were among the slew of acts originally booked for 2020. We’ve known ever since they did their livestream with us that they’d be back in-person as soon as possible, and we’re proud today to make it official. They’ve made their bona fides by word of mouth in classic fashion, and we can’t wait to get weird when they play.
Kosmodome
The end of the year is always crazy, but if you missed the self-titled record Norway’s Kosmodome released in December, it’s by no means too late to dig in ahead of checking them out at Freak Valley 2022. The duo from the proggy hotbed of Bergen hold fast to classic melodies and mindsets, but you’re never calling anything but forward-looking. We can’t wait to have them here for the first time.
And first or not, we can’t wait to welcome you all back to Freak Valley Festival in June! If it feels like it’s been forever, that’s because it has been.
Much love,
Your FVF Crew
Still more to come!
Freak Valley Festival // No Fillers – Just Killers
Freak Valley Festival 2022 IS SOLD OUT.
June 15-18 2022
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