American heavy dark rockers Spirit Mother released their second full-length album »Trails«; out now on Heavy Psych Sounds Records!

American heavy dark rockers Spirit Mother are back with their second full-length album, »Trails«, which was just released this Friday, September 13th, 2024 via Heavy Psych Sounds.

Tracklist:
01. Passage
02. Trails
03. Veins
04. Emerald
05. Below
06. Tonic
07. Vessel
08. Voyeur
09. Given
10. Wolves

Courtesy of Purple Sage PR:

US heavygaze and dark rock merchants Spirit Mother release their sophomore album »Trails« this Friday, September 13th through Heavy Psych Sounds Records.

Their new album and HPS debut »Trails« brings the energy of the US foursome’s visceral, all-in live performances while expanding on the sensibilities of their debut album »Cadets« with darker tonality, heavier, fuzz-fueled riffs, relentless rhythms on top of a rich songwriting and arrangement. The violin summons an atmospheric pedestal for the remaining power trio to wield with fervor, while Armand Lance’s haunting vocals and stark lyricism intersperse the instrumentals with a melody as dynamic as it is accessible. Classy and dark, indie-meets-psych-meets-kraut-meets-post-rock on this beauty of an album, which should easily find its way on a playlist with Helms Alee, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Young Widows, Spotlights.

Spirit Mother »Trails« out now on Heavy Psych Sounds: Bandcamp preorder – Shop preorder

Photos by Eddie Brnabic

Spirit Mother is a heavy rock band with their sound anthologized through a folk-informed and classical lens: their dynamic and imposing wall of sound, coupled with a driving backbeat, grips through atmospheric strings and haunting vocals. Initially from Long Beach, CA, the band relocated across the United States, now residing in Buffalo, Los Angeles and the high desert of Eastern Oregon. Formed by vocalist and bassist Armand Lance and violinist SJ, their line-up has since solidified with the addition of guitarist Sean McCormick and drummer Landon Cisneros, providing a striking sound described by The Obelisk as lush and ranging, a “languid grunge blasted into outer space in the desert night”.

Lead singer and songwriter Armand Lance creates the bones of the music in the attic of his rural ranch between cattle working and mustang wrangling – a likeness to his father’s upbringing as an Ecuadorian cowboy. The group convenes at this cabin to write and develop their repertoire before hitting the road nationally and abroad. Spirit Mother received critical praise for their first album »Cadets«: “a distinct chance we’ll look back on this as an early gem from a band going places” hailed The Sleeping Shaman.

In 2020, Spirit Mother was tapped for a pandemic project to create a live record/concert film in the style of Pink Floyd’s »Live at Pompeii«. Released through Giant Rock Records and Heavy Psych Sounds Records, »Live In The Mojave Desert Vol.3« was well received by fans and critics alike. “If you didn’t know who Spirit Mother was before seeing this show, there’s no way anyone is forgetting them anytime soon. Brilliant,” stated US website GBHBL.com.

In 2023, the band released their latest single »Locust//Dead Cells« and embarked on their debut European tour with summer festival appearances at Metal Days, PALP and Sonic Blast, followed by an extensive US Tour in the fall. Spirit Mother recently signed to Heavy Psych Sounds Records while in the studio for their sophomore album »Trails«, which September 2024 release will be supported by another coast-to-coast US tour and stops at Desertfest NYC and Levitation Fest in Austin, TX.

Spirit Mother lineup:
Armand Lance – Bass, Vocals
SJ – Violin, Vocals
Landon Cisneros – Drums
Sean McCormick – Guitar

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well