Cloud Catcher Announce May Tour Dates
Just so we’re all brought up to speed — Denver, Colorado, mega-boogie shuffle trio Cloud Catcher announced in Feb. 2019 that they were done. And that. was. a. bummer. Bands come and go all the time, of course, but it’s always extra tough to see a group on their way up, still loaded with potential, snuffed out before it feels like their time. 2016’s Trails of Kozmic Dust (review here) was a joy and a marked step into themselves even from 2015’s Enlightened Beyond Existence (discussed here), and they seemed like they still had much to offer. Alas, kaput.
And then not. In 2020, the three-piece took to the woods alongside Tricoma and recorded live what would become their Royal Flush Sessions Vol. 1 split (review here). The situation was fluid, with guitarist/vocalist Rory Rummings playing in Tricoma as well as working with a revamped lineup featuring bassist Matt Ross and drummer Will Trafas, but one way or another, Cloud Catcher was back. Mention was made of a third full-length in progress and a label announcement coming soon.
Then, as it does, more time passes. A plague settles upon the land. Everybody’s everything gets fucked, and not in a fun way. With this tour announcement, Cloud Catcher reignite hope that, some six years after their sophomore LP, another might be ready to take shape. With no shows, they’ve had plenty of time to work on it, sure, but that’s different than seeing a thing pressed and released, and even though I won’t be at these shows, I still look forward to some confirmation of that record happening sometime in the great unknown future, ever.
This was a good band. No reason they can’t still be one. The journey would seem to be boundless.
From the socials:
CLOUD CATCHER – MAY 2022 TOUR
TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT!
May 13th – Denver, CO – Black Buzzard
*May 14th – Trinidad, CO – Trinidad Lounge
*May 15th – Taos, NM – Revolt Gallery
*May 16th – Santa Fe, NM – Tumbleroot Brewery
*May 17th – ABQ, NM- Launchpad
May 18th – El Paso, TX- TBD
May 19th – Eastbound and down
May 20th Austin, TX – High Noon
May 21st – Dallas, TX – Cheapsteaks
Artwork by @heavymetaltalisman
*Dates with @redmesaband
https://cloud-catcher.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/cloudcatcher303/
https://www.instagram.com/cloudcatcherco/
