Darsombra Announce June Tour Dates; New Album Dumesday Book Later This Year; New ‘Darsombra TV’ Episode This Week
In a couple days — on April 20, as it happens — Baltimore psychic energy transfer specialists Darsombra will air a new installment of what they call ‘Darsombra TV,’ which in this case is a video of a 2017 performance in Wyoming in the path of totality of a solar eclipse plus resultant shenanigans, because frickin’ of course it is. This news came out last week — Quarterly Review takes its toll in the timeliness of everything else — but it’s not too late to set a reminder for that clip, and not too late to check out the June tour the band has announced that features a stop at Mutants of the Monster in Arkansas and a support slot for YOB and Cave In at The Ottobar that makes that night that much more of a winner, as well as shows with Lark’s Tongue and a merry cast of others throughout the Midwest, where they’ll spend most of the month.
The duo have also announced their next album will be called Dumesday Book and issued sometime later in 2023 either on their own or through some label TBA. The more the merrier, and it’s been a bit, as their last full-length was 2019’s Transmission (review here), though the years since have found them touring as much and as often as possible, and they’ve had various live and studio offerings in that time, all consistent in their on-own-wavelength weirdo art-drone purposes, all different and vibrant and exploratory as Darsombra always manage to be. I don’t know if you’re looking forward to their next record, but I am.
From the PR wire:
DARSOMBRA: Baltimore Psychedelic Galaxy Rock Duo Announces North American Great Lakes Tour Dates; New Album To See Release This Year
Maryland’s psychedelic tour machine DARSOMBRA has just announced their next excursion, confirming a month-long late-Spring/early-Summer tour, as they complete their new album for release later this year.
Initially planned for 2020, the DARSOMBRA duo has rescheduled their tour through the Central, Midwest, and Eastern US and Canada encircling the Great Lakes from May 31st to June 25th. The tour includes a performance at Mutants Of The Monster Fest in Little Rock, Arkansas running from June 1st through 4th with with Yob, Cave In, Deadird, Pallbearer, Thou, -16-, and more, and a set supporting Yob and Cave In on June 8th in DARSOMBRA’s hometown of Baltimore. See all confirmed dates below and watch for new tour dates for later Summer and Fall to post over shortly as well.
Preceding the tour, DARSOMBRA will be releasing the third episode of Darsombra TV on 4/20, a thirty-minute show documenting the band’s outdoor generator show livestream in Lost Springs, Wyoming, in the path of totality during a total solar eclipse in 2017, and all the coolness/weirdness involved in it and the aftermath. Join the band in the digital realm to watch Darsombra TV’s “The Eclipse Show,” premiering live on Thursday, April 20th (or 21st if you’re in the Eastern Hemisphere), at 8:40 pm EDT, at THIS LOCATION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb9iFMVqnso
The band writes, “Greetings From DARSOMBRA! We’ve been hermiting in the DARSOMBRA Mothership (a.k.a. Whale Manor) here in Baltimore since November of last year, so we’ve got some really great things on the horizon for you — a North American tour and another episode of Darsombra TV. Also, keep an eye out for our new album Dumesday Book, to be released later this year!”
Watch for details on the new album to post over the months ahead.
DARSOMBRA Tour Dates:
5/31/2023 Hideaway – Johnson City, TN w/ Cosmicosis
6/01/2023 Corner Lounge – Knoxville, TN w/ Leslie Walker & Dark Mountain Orchid
6/02/2023 Mutants of the Monster Fest – Little Rock, AR
6/04/2023 Black Lodge – Memphis, TN w/ General Labor
6/06/2023 Northside Tavern – Cincinnati, OH w/ Hemlock Branch, Sharp Toys, Cold Stereo
6/07/2023 Westside Bowl – Youngstown, OH
6/08/2023 Ottobar – Baltimore, MD w/ Yob, Cave In
6/09/2023 Music on Main – Bridgeport, WV w/ The Long Hunt, Grey Harbinger
6/10/2023 RHAD – Detroit, MI w/ Botanical Fortress, Oscillating Fan Club
6/11/2023 The Burlington – Chicago, IL w/ Lark’s Tongue, Sanford Parker, Plague Of Carcosa
6/13/2023 Cactus Club – Milwaukee, WI w/ Powerwagon, Spidora
6/15/2023 The Crib – Marquette, MI
6/16/2023 Witches Tower – Minneapolis, MN w/ Comets Ov Cupid, PLVS VLTRA
6/17/2023 RT Quinlan’s – Duluth, MN w/ Aural Paradox, The Nevins
6/18/2023 Cumberland Cinema 5 Indoor Skatepark – Thunder Bay, ON w/ Jake & The Town, Ukkon3n
6/21/2023 Bellevue Park – Sault Ste Marie, ON w/ Chase James Wigmore
6/22/2023 Zig’s – Sudbury, ON w/ Mark Howitt
6/23/2023 Tranzac – Southern Cross Room – Toronto, ON w/ Alia Synesthesia
6/24/2023 Rosen Krown – Rochester, NY
6/25/2023 Mohawk – Buffalo, NY w/ Cult Mother
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