Steak Premiere “Luxury Junk”; Touring This Month with All Them Witches
This month, as they inch closer to releasing their yet-untitled new album this Fall as their first outing on Stickman Records, London’s Steak will tour in the UK (plus Hamburg) supporting All Them Witches. “Luxury Junk,” releasing tomorrow and premiering below, is the second single issued as a preface to what will be Steak‘s fourth long-player, following behind “Cometh,” which dropped a month ago and you’ll find near the links at the bottom of this post. As ever, they keep busy. Of course, this coming January, they’ll play Planet Desert Rock Weekend VII in Las Vegas, and they’ll likely have Fall plans before getting there.
Four years ago, Steak unveiled their third LP, Acute Mania (review here), and brought new levels of complexity to their heavy rock foundation. At this point, and particularly with the advent of “Luxury Junk,” they would seem to be selling themselves short in being a “shit kickin’ band” as the PR wire purports below. Acute Mania was a brazen creative step forward, continuing some threads from the band’s work before in their love for and incorporation of hand-drawn graphic novels and animated complements to the music, but digging into their material and developing it at
a level that hadn’t yet been heard from them. Without giving up the vitality that’s always been so crucial to their songs, they grew up.
“Luxury Junk,” which harnesses mood and thrust in kind and caps its six-plus minutes with an expressive vocal reachout from frontman Chris Haley, goes even further. Steak were not the only ones to come out of the pandemic with a record of songs that had clearly been worked on, but the new singles affirm the shift in intention on their part, as well as the revamped dynamic of the band operating as a five-piece with drummer Dean Deal‘s former bandmate in Crystal Head and Magna Saga, Tom Cameron making his first appearance as a member of the band. Cameron featured on Acute Mania in a guest capacity, but joined Steak later in 2022 and has been part of the lineup since on guitar and vocals alongside Haley, guitarist Reece Tee, Deal‘s drums and bassist James Cameron.
I caught this lineup live a couple years ago at Freak Valley Festival (review here) and proceeded to gush about the next-levelry taking place while they were onstage. “Luxury Junk” and “Cometh” manifest this in a studio setting in ways emblematic of both their overarching growth and the change in configuration that’s brought them to their current form. It’s not that they’ve radically transformed themselves or something like that, but in their maturity, they’re realizing the potential that’s been there all along. Given the previews they’ve offered thus far, I can’t wait to hear how that plays out over the full album when the time comes.
Enjoy the premiere below, followed by more from the PR wire:
Steak, “Luxury Junk” track premiere
Hailing from London, STEAK have established themselves as a key force within the global desert rock and stoner scene. Known for their relentless riffs, hypnotic grooves, and high-energy live performances, the band has built a strong following across Europe and beyond.
Blending elements of classic heavy rock with modern fuzz-drenched intensity, STEAK continue to push their sound into darker and heavier territories while staying rooted in the spirit of the desert rock movement. Self-described as a “shit kickin’ band”, their ethos reflects the raw, no-frills energy that defines both their recordings and their explosive live shows.
STEAK will bring their high-voltage live presence to stages across Europe this year, including appearances at Desertfest Berlin and Desertfest London. Following these festival shows, the band will join All Them Witches as special guests on selected tour dates, further cementing their reputation as a must-see act within the heavy underground scene.
STEAK Live:
Jun 17 (UK) Edinburgh, La Belle Angele w/ All Them Witches
Jun 18 (UK) Nottingham, The Palais w/ All Them Witches
Jun 19 (UK) Birmingham, O2 Institute w/ All Them Witches
Jun 20 (UK) Bristol, O2 Academy w/ All Them Witches
Jun 21 (UK) Brighton, Chalk w/ All Them Witches
Jun 23 (DE) Hamburg, Markthalle w/ All Them Witches
Steak are:
Chris Haley – vocals
Reece Tee – guitar
Tom Cameron – guitar/vocals
James Cameron – bass
Dean Deal – drums
