Hippie Death Cult Announce Live Album and European Tour
With their weighty name added to festivals like Heavy Psych Sounds, Desertfest Oslo, Desertfest Berlin, Desertfest London, Worship Fest in Iceland and Sideral in France, a tour announcement from Hippie Death Cult covering Spring in Europe isn’t a huge surprise, but they’re a touring band — they tour — so I’m not sure how shocked you’re supposed to be in the first place. Have you seen them as a trio? If not, do. All three on stage, killer, and Laura‘s scream intimidates mountains. It’s fucking rad.
Obviously then the prospect of a live album, Live at Star Theatre, recorded in the band’s hometown of Portland, Oregon, is a postive. It’s not out until May 9 and everything they play on it comes from 2023’s Helichrysum (review here) save for a 16-minute take on the title-track from 2021’s Circle of Days (review here), which should be plenty. I assume side B is that and “Red Giant.” Once again, right on.
The PR wire brought details
US heavy rockers HIPPIE DEATH CULT to release “Live at the Star Theater” album on Heavy Psych Sounds; spring European tour announced!
US heavy rock champions HIPPIE DEATH CULT announce the release of their “Live at the Star Theater” album on May 9th through Heavy Psych Sounds. The electric trio will be touring Europe for an extensive month-long run, including appearances at Desertfest London and Oslo and Heavy Psych Sounds Fest Italy.
The band says: “We’ve been toying around with the idea of doing a live album for a while now, considering our music has a whole different energy and vibrance to it in any given live situation, so it’s cool to have a well-recorded document of a little snapshot in time from this era of the band’s history. It’s also something we plan on doing more regularly in the future as we progress along our path and evolve. We toured a whole hell of a lot in 2024, both across the United States and Europe as well as Canada and this was our final show of the year, which took place in our hometown of Portland, Oregon. We figured it would be a special place to try and capture an audio and video document of a full concert, 1) because Portland has always been our rock, a very supportive hometown with whom we’ve always shared a genuine connection with and 2) it’s a place where we have the resources to have friends help to make it happen on little to no budget. Some things went right that night, some things went wrong. It’s raw. It’s live. It’s us.”
Hippie Death Cult on tour:
01.05 IT Genova – Trinità Live Club
02.05 IT Bologna – Heavy Psych Sounds Fest
03.05 IT Venezia – Heavy Psych Sounds Fest
04.05 SLO Izola – Hangar Bar
05.05 HR Pula – Klub Kotač
06.05 HR Zagreb – AKC Attack
07.05 AT Vienna – Arena
08.05 DE Ravensburg – Slainte Irish Pub
09.05 AT Ebensee – Kino
10.05 NO Oslo – Desertfest Oslo
11.05 DK Copenhagen – Stengade
13.05 DE Göppingen – Gaststätte Zille
14.05 DE Wiesbaden – Kreativfabrik
15.05 NL Oss – Groene Engel
16.05 UK London – Desertfest London
17.05 IS Reykjavík – Worship Fest
18.05 UK Huddersfield – Northern Quarter
20.05 UK Nottingham – Ye Olde Salutation Inn
22.05 FR Paris – Le Klub
24.05 FR Capbreton – Sideral Festival
28.05 IT Torino – Blah Blah
29.05 IT Sezzadio – Cascina Bellaria
31.05 CH Geneve – L’Usine
Hippie Death Cult “Live at the Star Theatre”
Out May 9th on Heavy Psych Sounds – Preorder: https://www.heavypsychsounds.com/shop.htm#HPS352
TRACKLIST:
Arise – 6:57
Toxic Annihilator – 6:10
Shadows – 7:33
Red Giant – 5:36
Circle of Days – 16:03
HIPPIE DEATH CULT is:
Laura Phillips – Bass/Vocals
Eddie Brnabic – Guitar
Harry Silvers – Drums
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