On the back of their latest album, V, San Francisco guitar-drone duo, Barn Owl is heading to Australia for the very first time in August 2013.
Jon Porras and Evan Caminiti aka Barn Owl have always specialised in devotional darkness, pushing desert rock into previously unexplored, murky territories. They follow in the footsteps of provocative avant-gardists like Alice Coltrane and build on the doom metal foundation planted by Black Sabbath.
They started playing music together after meeting in an American Indian science class in 2005 and realised they had similar backgrounds playing in metal bands and a shared interest in meditative, psychedelic music. It all started happening for Barn Owl in 2010. As well as starting their own label, Electric Totem, the band released three albums – ‘Conjurer’ (through Rootstrata), ‘Headlands’ (Important Records) and ‘Ancestral Star’ after signing to influential label, Thrill Jockey.
The band maintained momentum by touring internationally as well as kicking off 2011 with the ‘Shadowland’ EP, which was recorded by Phil Manley (Trans Am) and followed it up with the brilliant full-length ‘Lost in the Glare’.
Their latest and fifth record, V, released earlier this year, marks a shift in approach for Barn Owl by augmenting their arsenal of guitars and effects with an array of electronics.
After touring extensively through US cities and the UK and Europe, Barn Owl head to Australia to headline the opening party of Tura New Music’s biennial Totally Huge New Music Festival playing with Japan’s Haco and Melbourne’s Speak Percussion. In Sydney and Melbourne they play Goodgod Small Club and the Northcote Social Club with special guests to be announced.
Australian tour dates:
Wednesday August 7 – Goodgod Small Club, Sydney
Tickets from lifeisnoise.com and Oztix
Friday August 9 – Tura New Music presents: Totally Huge New Music Festival 2013 – The Opening Party, The Bakery, Perth with Haco (Japan) and Speak Percussion (Melbourne)
Tickets from lifeisnoise.com, Heatseeker, Oztix and Now Baking
Saturday August 10 – Northcote Social Club, Melbourne
Tickets from lifeisnoise.com and northcotesocialclub.com / ph: 1300 724 867
