The Brant Bjork Trio Announce Live Shows; Playing Burque Rock City Fest and More
Live dates are cool and whatnot, and in addition to the gigs in their native California, The Brant Bjork Trio will feature at Burque Rock City Fest, Desertfest New York and Ripplefest Texas, but the real story here is the existence of the band in the first place, or at least the incarnation. Having appeared at Heavy Psych Sounds Fest CA in March, the lineup of guitarist/vocalist Brant Bjork, bassist Mario Lalli and drummer Ryan Güt played under the banner of Bjork‘s name, but expanding from that now, The Brant Bjork Trio follows on from other Bjork-centered collaborations like Brant Bjork and the Operators — of which Lalli was part; he also sang on Jalamanta and has generally been around since the outset — Brant Bjork and the Bros., and most recently the trio Stöner, whose advent coincided with continued solo work.
Güt having participated in both that solo work — 2022’s Bougainvillea Suite (review here) was all the more a highlight for his contributions on organ as well as drums — and in Stöner since that trio’s pandemic-era advent, his presence here is no surprise. And certainly Lalli has been around that orbit as well. His Rubber Snake Charmers project toured last year with Stöner (live review here) and even as his main outfit Fatso Jetson is about to embark on an extended summer run through Europe with High Desert Queen, his collaborating with Bjork is hardly new, as noted above. With Stöner bassist/vocalist Nick Oliveri out doing his own solo stuff, Lalli is a natural fit for the third in the trio even aside from being one of the founding principals of Californian desert rock. Band’s kind of a no-brainer to be right on.
Given that, the question is whether or not they’ll record. Brant Bjork always seems to have songs in ready supply, and certainly Heavy Psych Sounds has shown its willingness to follow where his journey leads, whether that’s a record like 2019’s extra-funk-leaning Jacoozzi (review here), catalog reissues, or Stöner‘s live album, two studio full-lengths and EP to-date. I have no info on that, but am glad to have the occasion to hope they might, and I’ll look forward to seeing them at Desertfest when the time comes. Always killer to catch a glimpse of the real deal in action, and these dudes are most definitely that.
The poster was put up on social media. I added the fest dates and typed out the list, so if something’s screwy, that’s probably on me. Still, here goes:
West coast dates are coming together!
More shows announcing soon !!!
The Brant Bjork Trio live:
July 8 Transplants Brewing Co. Palmdale CA
Aug. 5-6 Burque Rock City Fest Albuquerque NM
Sept. 7 Wayfarer Costa Mesa CA
Sept. 8 Knitting Factory North Hollywood CA
Sept. 9 Benders Bar San Francisco CA
Sept. 14-16 Desertfest New York NY
Sept. 21-24 RippleFest Texas Sagebrush TX
Sat Sept. 30 Casbah San Diego CA
The Brant Bjork Trio:
Brant Bjork – guitar/vocals
Mario Lalli – bass
Ryan Güt – drums
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