You don’t need much more here than the list of bands, which is its own excuse for being. Italian label Heavy Psych Sounds returns to the States at the end of next month with Heavy Psych Sounds Fests in Los Angeles and San Francisco. With the day-splits announced, you get a little more sense of how the two nights in two cities will function (it’s not an insignificant drive from one to the other, mind you) and share bands, but any way you go, you don’t lose, whether you’re looking at Dead Meadow and Weedeater headlining, the appearances of long-running acts like 16 and Danava and Nebula, or relative newcomers in Kadabra or Mountain Tamer and others from the label’s ever-expanding roster of talent.

It’s a fucking solid two day lineup. Doesn’t look completely overwhelming. Looks like a party, which is exactly what I expect it will be for those fortunate enough to be in attendance. Maybe that’s you. If so, cheers. I hear Bongzilla like it if you bring them weed.

From the PR wire:

HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS FEST CALIFORNIA 2022 – DAY SPLITS LINE UP

– feat. DEAD MEADOW, WEEDEATER, THE ATOMIC BITCHWAX, BONGZILLA, NEBULA, DANAVA and many more –

HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS in cooperation with SUBLIMINAL SF and SOS BOOKING present:

HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS FEST CALIFORNIA 2022
28 & 29 May
(Memorial Day weekend)

LOS ANGELES @ 1720 Club

SATURDAY, MAY 28th

DEAD MEADOW
DANAVA
NEBULA
HIPPIE DEATH CULT
16
KADABRA
MOUNTAIN TAMER

SUNDAY, MAY 29th

WEEDEATER
BONGZILLA
THE ATOMIC BITCHWAX
HIGH REEPER
WARLUNG
THE FREEKS
JD PINKUS
HIGH TON SON OF A BITCH

SAN FRANCISCO @ Openair at Thee Parkside

SATURDAY, MAY 28th

WEEDEATER
BONGZILLA
THE ATOMIC BITCHWAX
HOT LUNCH
HIGH REEPER
WARLUNG
JD PINKUS
HIGH TON SON OF A BITCH

SUNDAY, MAY 29th

DEAD MEADOW
DANAVA
NEBULA
HIPPIE DEATH CULT
16
KADABRA
MOUNTAIN TAMER
DISASTROID

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Dead Meadow, Levitation Sessions (2021)

Weedeater, Goliathan (2015)

Well this looks pretty great. Heavy Psych Sounds-branded festivals are a regular feature across the regular-featuresphere in Europe, but far rarer in the US. The Rome-based imprint has teamed with SubliminalSF and SOS Booking to put on two nights in two cities presented as Heavy Psych Sounds Fest California 2022, and the names included are serious gosh darn business. Dead Meadow, Weedeater, Bongzilla, Nebula, The Atomic Bitchwax. Fucking a. You got Danava and 16 and heck I hope they play back-to-back just because that would be amazing. Imagine that for a second.

The bill doesn’t stop there with the righteousness, which if you know if you either heard the Kadabra debut album last year or watched Mountain Tamer‘s ‘Live in the Mojave Desert’ stream. Remember that? Yeah you do. Someone needs to tell Ryan Jones it’s time for season two.

This was my entire social media feed the other day, the lineup and poster. The Bitchwax and Weedeater are the new adds to finish out the lineup, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they announced tour dates together out west to get to CA. I don’t know that, mind you, but the two East Coast veteran acts have toured together before and it’s not outside the realm of possibility they’d do so again. Just a thought. Hell, let ’em bring High Reeper too.

Party hearty. Or hardy. Whatever. Just party and keep doing that:

Weedeater, The Atomic Bitchwax, Duel and more join Heavy Psych Sounds Fest California 2022 lineup; tickets on sale now!

Heavy Psych Sounds (in association with SubliminalSF and SOS Booking) announce the final names to join the 2022 edition of HPS Fest California, to take place on May 28-29th in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Grab your ticket now!

Sludge metal legends Weedeater and heavy rock stalwarts The Atomic Bitchwax join the lineup, alongside Heavy Psych Sounds bands Duel, Crypt Trip, Hot Lunch, The Freeks, Kadabra, Disastroid, Mountain Tamer and High Tone Son Of A Bitch.

The festival will take place over the Memorial Day weekend as an indoor event at 1720 Club in Los Angeles, and as an open-air event at Thee Parkside venue in San Francisco.

(#127903#) Buy tickets for HPS Fest Los Angeles: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/8103542/heavy-psych-sounds-fest-2-days–los-angeles-1720

(#127903#) Buy tickets for HPS Fest San Francisco: https://holdmyticket.com/event/385250

2-day pass: $50 / Single day pass: $30

LOS ANGELES – 1720 club
SAN FRANCISCO – Open Air at Thee Parkside

FEATURING:
DEAD MEADOW
WEEDEATER
BONGZILLA
NEBULA
THE ATOMIC BITCHWAX
DANAVA
16
DUEL
HIGH REEPER
HIPPIE DEATH CULT
CRYPT TRIP
HOT LUNCH
THE FREEKS
KADABRA
WARLUNG
MOUNTAIN TAMER
DISASTROID
HIGH TONE SON OF A BITCH

…with more surprises yet to come…

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The Atomic Bitchwax, “Energy” lyric video