High Desert Queen Announce Southwest Tour Dates & Beerumentary
The thing you’re gonna want to note here is ‘Part 1,’ as in, more touring is coming. Also, seems like a pretty safe bet that ‘we love beer and we’re going to make a documentary about drinking beer on tour’ is going to result in some watch-worthy shenanigans. What isn’t mentioned below, however, is that Austin-based go-go-go heavy rockers High Desert Queen have also been in the studio since they got back from their massive UK/Euro jaunt alongside Fatso Jetson and/or The Rubber Snake Charmers, recording new material, one assumes for the follow-up to their 2021 debut, Secrets of the Black Moon (review here).
Since that record came out, High Desert Queen have done precious little other than work their collective ass off touring, and that’s before you get to the fact that frontman Ryan Garney runs the completely-overwhelming-but-in-the-best-way-possible-looking RippleFest Texas. And already this year, the band paired with New Mexico’s Blue Heron for Turned to Stone Ch. 8 (review here), another installment in Ripple‘s ongoing series. Their tracks on there were held over from the sessions for the debut, however, so I’m looking all the more forward to hearing what’s coming next from High Desert Queen. A band doesn’t play live that much, tour that much, drink that much beer, and come out of it without some sort of creative growth. I bugged Garney for some comment on the recording process, and he was kind enough to oblige.
Probably won’t be 2024 before the album is out — just timing that guess based on seeing release announcements for October now and High Desert Queen aren’t there yet — but I bet that by whenever it shows up, the band have another tour or two under their collective belt, even after this one.
With the caveat of more to come, this from socials:
HIGH DESERT QUEEN – “BREWERY AND DIVE TOUR: PART 1”
We are getting back on the road! In case you didn’t know we love beer, and we will be filming a documentary where we be tasting beer at breweries all along our tour, including the ones we are playing! We can’t wait to get back on the road, meet new people and of course taste all that delicious beer! What city will you be having a beer with is?
Says Ryan Garney: “We are in love with getting on the road and after our 6 week European tour we are excited for our Brewery and Dive tour in the US. This will be the first part in a series of Brewery tours where we film a documentary of us trying beers and playing live. These brewery tours are essentially our dream tours as we love beer as much as we love playing live.
After our latest European tour we went straight into the studio. We recorded everything live, with no click track, and no punch-ins at an amazing studio in Texas called Yellow Dog. We created several new songs from scratch and can’t wait to share it so people can see what direction we’ve taken. This will be a heavy rock and roll record with plenty of Texas dirt mixed in!”
Date/City/Venue
7/26 Houston, TX Equal Parts Brewing
7/27 College Station, TX 101 Bar
7/28 Arlington, TX Division Brewing
7/29 San Angelo, TX The Deadhorse
7/30 Lubbock, TX Jake’s Sports Cafe & Backroom
8/1 Fort Collins, CO The Coast*
8/2 Colorado Springs, CO Vultures*
8/3 Denver, CO Skylark Lounge*
8/4 Albuquerque, NM The Historic El Rey Theater
8/5 Phoenix, AZ The Blooze Bar
*w/ Blue Heron
Poster by F1ca Studio
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http://www.ripple-music.com/
