Spirit Mother announces their European tour dates for this summer!

Photo credit: Eddie Brnabic

American heavy dark rockers Spirit Mother have announced their upcoming European tour this summer.

Says the band: “This summer we return to Europe for our “Old World Odyssey Tour” with some killer festival dates, open air shows, clubs, meeting up with our guys King Buffalo and Colour Haze for a few, and more shows tba! stoked to get back out there!”

“Old World Odyssey Tour 2025:
23.07 Freak Out – Bologna IT
24.07 Zoona – Bolzano, IT
25.07 Rock Im Wald Festival – Neuensee, DE
26.07 Blue Moon Festival – Cottbus, DE
27.07 Burg Herzberg Festival – Breitenbach, DE
28.07 Live Club – Bamberg, DE
29.07 Cafe Glocksee – Hannover, DE
30.07 Pitcher – Düsseldorf, DE
01.08 TBA
02.08 TBA
03.08 TBA
05.08 P8 – Karlsruhe, DE+
06.08 Musiktheater Piano – Dortmund, DE+
07.08 Tivoli – Utrecht, NL+
08.08 Kantine Open Air – Köln*
11.08 Musiksommer Open Air – Munich, DE
13.08 Roxy Sommergarten Open Air – Ulm, DE
14.08 Hoflärm Festival – Marienthal, DE
16.08 The Black Lab – Wasquehal, FR+

+w/ King Buffalo
*w/ Colour Haze

Poster: Louis-Alexandre Beauregard

Courtesy of Purple Sage PR:

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 have signed to Heavy Psych Sounds Records for their sophomore album »Trails«, which was released in September 2024.

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

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