US desert rockers High Desert Queen announce European summer tour dates and premiere new music video for »Time Waster«!
Photo by Stacey Lovett
Austin, Texas based desert rockers High Desert Queen premiere new music video for the song »Time Waster« from their sophomore full-length album, »Palm Reader«, out on May 31st, 2024 via Magnetic Eye Records.
High Desert Queen have also announced Europe Summer Tour 2025 including festivals such as Krach am Bach Fest, Stemweder Open Air, Eekboom Open Air, Gent City Festival & more.
The band comments: “Europe we are coming back! We can’t wait to get back on the road. Excited to play some new venues, new festivals, and meet lots of new people. We are also excited to see some familiar faces!
Stay tuned for those “TBA dates.” They are going to be HUUUUUGE!!!
Also be sure to check out our new music video for »Time Waster« on YouTube! Perhaps you’ll see yourself!”
Courtesy of Magnetic Eye Records:
You can take the Europeans out of Texas, but you can’t keep the Texans out of Europe! (Not our best, but might be a viable joke in there). Our own High Desert Queen will head back across the pond this summer for a massive run of club dates and festival appearances as they continue to spread their addictive 2024 slab of heaviness »Palm Reader« to receptive minds and ears far and wide. Celebrating the occasion, they’ve released a new tour footage video for the album track »Time Waster« which is live now on our YouTube! Go check out the video featuring the legends in Faso Jetson and get your tickets now for High Desert Queen’s upcoming European dates:
High Desert Queen Europe Summer Tour 2025:
25 Jul 2025 Karlsruhe (DE) Das Fest
26 Jul 2025 Gent (BE) Gent City Festival
27-31 Jul 2025 TBA soon
01 Aug 2025 Beelen (DE) Krach am Bach Fest
02 Aug 2025 Porta Westfalica (DE) Festivalkult
03 Aug 2025 Amsterdam (NL) De VerbroederIJ
05 Aug 2025 Bremen (DE) Meisenfrei Blues Club
06 Aug 2025 Recklinghausen (DE) Backyard Club
07 Aug 2025 Hannover (DE) Perle
08 Aug 2025 Sudwalde (DE) MuTaChi Fest
09 Aug 2025 Wedehorn (DE) Eekboom Open Air
10 Aug 2025 Dresden Chemiefabrik
11 Aug 2025 Bamberg (DE) Live Club
13 Aug 2025 Cham (DE) L.A. Club
14 Aug 2025 Kusel (DE) Kinett
15 Aug 2025 Stemwede (DE) Stemweder Open Air
16 Aug 2025 TBA soon
Poster by Pablo Rdz
High Desert Queen’s sophomore full-length »Palm Reader« is bursting with raw energy and radiates the feeling of 666 diesel horses thundering loud. The album is crammed with cool vibes, ripping leads, and a ton of desert fuzz with a focus on great songs rather than trying to stay confined within a corral of a particular style. This untamed attitude took its creative high energy source straight from touring. When the band from Texas returned home after six weeks travelling the roads of Europe with the legendary Fatso Jetson and watching them improvising jams every night, they had also taken notes.
Although a bit worn from the road, High Desert Queen could hardly wait to start recording. Not focusing overly on how parts were played, allowing themselves imperfections, and ditching the click, the music started to flow like never before. In the very first studio session after the tour, three new songs emerged. Working within a live framework and mindset, the band from Austin, Texas hit the jackpot and »Palm Reader« bears witness to that claim. In more than one way, High Desert Queen have always been a bit different and much more than ‘another desert rock band’.
Formed in Houston, Texas by singer Ryan Garney and guitarist Rusty Miller in 2019, the duo soon recruited drummer Phil Hook (Monte Luna) and relocated to Austin in 2020. High Desert Queen had what it takes to kick the desert rock scene into gear again. Their vast musical influences ranging from grunge to funk, old school metal to doom and much more provide an ideal foundation for new ideas and a rejuvenating approach to the genre. Their thunderous, fuzz-drenched anthems are delivered with a healthy dose of groove and catchy melodies, and get a massive boost from an emotional intelligence in their music that’s hard to find. The newly-minted sound is linked to the rich heritage of their musical environment, inspiring the style tag ‘Texas desert rock’.
With »Palm Reader«, High Desert Queen have made a quantum leap in their evolution as the Texans found the perfect balance between the well-loved legacy of the desert rock genre and carving out their very own path. Fuelled by the power and spirit of live music, this album rocks as hard and honest as can be done.
»Palm Reader« out May 31, 2024 | CD / Vinyl / Digital available HERE.
Recorded by Casey Johns at Yellow Dog Studios, Wimberley, TX (US).
Mixed & mastering by Karl Daniel Lidén at Studio Tri-Lamb, Solna (SE).
Cover art & album design by PabloRR (72826).
Guest vocals on »Death Perception« by Emma Näslund (Gaupa).
High Desert Queen is:
Ryan Garney – Vocals
Phil Hook – Drums
Morgan Miller – Bass
Rusty Miller – Guitar
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well