Who'd have thought watching Iggy Pop eat a cheeseburger could be so enjoyable? Well, Death Valley Girls sure prove it's more than just enjoyable it's downright Rockin'!
At the core of Death Valley Girls, vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Bonnie Bloomgarden and guitarist Larry Schemel channel a modern spin on Fun House’s sonic exorcisms, ZZ Top’s desert-blasted riffage, and Sabbath’s occult menace. On their third album Darkness Rains, Death Valley Girls churn out the hypercharged scuzzy rock every generation yearns for, but there is a more subversive force percolating beneath the surface that imbues the band with an exhilarating cosmic energy.
Album opener “More Dead” is a rousing wake up call, with a hypnotic guitar riff and an intoxicating blown-out solo underscoring Bloomgarden’s proclamation that you’re “more dead than alive.” The pace builds with “(One Less Thing) Before I Die”, a distillate of Detroit’s proto-punk sound. At track three, Death Valley Girls hit their stride with “Disaster (Is What We’re After)”, a rager that takes the most boisterous moments off Exile On Main Street and injects it with Zeppelin’s devil’s-note blues. Darkness Rains retains its intoxicating convocations across ten tracks, climaxing with the hypnotic guitar drones and cult-like chants of “TV In Jail On Mars”.
Album opener “More Dead” is a rousing wake up call, with a hypnotic guitar riff and an intoxicating blown-out solo underscoring Bloomgarden’s proclamation that you’re “more dead than alive.” The pace builds with “(One Less Thing) Before I Die”, a distillate of Detroit’s proto-punk sound. At track three, Death Valley Girls hit their stride with “Disaster (Is What We’re After)”, a rager that takes the most boisterous moments off Exile On Main Street and injects it with Zeppelin’s devil’s-note blues. Darkness Rains retains its intoxicating convocations across ten tracks, climaxing with the hypnotic guitar drones and cult-like chants of “TV In Jail On Mars”.
Death Valley Girls 'Darkness Rains' out October 5, 2018
Preorder LP/CD/Cassette/Digital: http://smarturl.it/DeathValleyGirls
Directed by Kansas Bowling
Starring Iggy Pop
Cinematographer Esteban Hernandez
Set Design Andreas Velez
Video Titles Jack Sample
TOUR DATES
SUN AUG 26 - Happy Sundays - Long Beach, CA (FREE)
THU SEP 13 - Pappy and Harriets - Pioneertown, CA *
WED OCT 3 - Teragram Ballroom - Los Angeles, CA **
THU OCT 4 - Martys - Tustin, CA **
FRI OCT 5 - Casbah - San Diego, CA **
THU OCT 18 - Aurea Vista - Riverside, CA
FRI OCT 19 - Bunkhouse Saloon - Las Vegas, NV
SAT OCT 20 - Yucca Tap Room - Phoenix, AZ
SUN OCT 21 - Club Congress - Tucson, AZ
TUE OCT 23 - Hotel Vegas - Austin, TX
WED OCT 24 - Regal Room - Dallas, TX
THU OCT 25 - Opolis - Norman, OK
FRI OCT 26 - The Hi Tone - Memphis, TN
MON OCT 29 - Metro Gallery - Baltimore, MD #
TUE OCT 30 - Kung Fu Necktie - Philadelphia, PA #
THU NOV 1 - Mercury Lounge - New York, NY #
FRI NOV 2 - The Winchester - Cleveland, OH #
SAT NOV 3 - Deluxx Fluxx - Detroit, MI #
SUN NOV 4 - Beat Kitchen - Chicago, IL #
MON NOV 5 - Cactus Club - Milwaukee, WI #
WED NOV 7 - Larimer Lounge - Denver, CO #
THU NOV 8 - Urban Lounge - Salt Lake City, UT #
FRI NOV 9 - The Olympic - Boise, ID #
SUN NOV 11 - Duffy's - Chico, CA #
TUE NOV 13 - Mississippi Studios - Portland, OR #
WED NOV 14 - Fox Cabaret - Vancouver, BC #
THU NOV 15 - The Shakedown - Bellingham, WA #
FRI NOV 16 - Freakout - Seattle, WA
SAT NOV 17 - Old Nicks - Eugene, OR #
TUE NOV 20 - Rickshaw Stop - San Francisco, CA #
* w/ L.A. Witch
** w/ Roky Erickson
# w/ Gymshorts
