“Known for their atmospheric spin on folk-rock, at times sounding like the Anthology of American Folk Music beamed from outer space.” — NPR Music
“A dusky, moody, roots-quaking disc of tension and release.” — Austin Chronicle
“Reimagines Wovenhand as fronted by Nick Cave… Grim, grey, thoroughly American gothic. Violins and violence.” — The Obelisk
“A magnificent murmuration of mournful mood and murk from the mid-Texan old masters.” – Echoes & Dust
“Lord Buffalo masterfully mixes straightforward, stoner-tinged rock with more violin-driven post-rock tones into one beautifully captivating sound that everyone should be familiar with.” — Metal Injection
Austin heavy psychedelic-Americana band Lord Buffalo release a new single today, "Cracks in the Vermeer" from their forthcoming album Holus Bolus. The track premiered via Echoes & Dust in the UK/EU HERE and Glide Magazine in North America HERE. Now available on all DSPs HERE.
Metal Injection previously launched the title track and official video for "Holus Bolus" HERE. (Direct YouTube.) The Obelisk recently shared the video for "I Wait on the Door Slab" alongside an insightful album review HERE. Direct YouTube.)
Lord Buffalo is heavy in the way that ghosts are heavy… in the way that billowing dust is heavy.
That is to say, the Austin, TX Psych-Americana band’s music impacts hard, though it seems impossible to touch. Their sound flows through us, it doesn’t invite the Pavlovian response of typical heavy rock music.
Perhaps it’s fitting then that their new album Holus Bolus takes its name from an antiquated term meaning “all at once.” It materializes instantly from the first notes of the opening title track, like a dark grey haze drawing listeners in with the band’s deft juxtapositions of droning violin, guitars, drums and vocals. It draws equally from Morricone and Badalementi as from Sabbath and Swans.
While the quartet trudges the same murky waters as dark emotive brethren David Eugene Edwards/Woven Hand, Chelsea Wolfe, Emma Ruth Rundle, Earth/Dylan Carlson, Echo & The Bunnymen, Nick Cave, etc., their creative interplay of Middle Eastern influence with a distinctly Western feel takes listeners in entirely new directions as the album envelops them.
Lord Buffalo is Daniel Pruitt (guitar, bass, piano, vocals, melodica), Garrett Hellman (guitar, sub-bass, piano, synths), Patrick Patterson (violin), and Yamal Said (drums, percussion). Holus Bolus was recorded by Danny Reisch and Max Lorenzen at Good Danny's in Lockhart, TX. Mixed by Danny Reisch. Mastered by Max Lorenzen.
“While the making of this record feels a bit like a sleep-deprived hallucination to me,” Pruitt says. “Listening to it now, I find it strangely hopeful — there's a kind of release that you hit in exhaustion. I think the record knew what it was after, even if we didn’t. It felt very much like the record just appeared one day, holus bolus.”
Holus Bolus will be available worldwide on vinyl, CD, and digital via Blues Funeral Recordings on July 12, 2024. Pre-order HERE.
LORD BUFFALO LIVE 2024:
7.11 Austin, TX - The 13th Floor (record release show)
7.19 Tulsa, OK - Mercury Lounge
7.20 OKC, OK - Blue Note
7.24 Phoenix, AZ - Rips Bar
7.26 Imperial, CA - Saltcedar BBQ
7.27 Los Angeles, CA - Redwood Bar
7.28 San Pedro, CA - The Sardine
7.30 Spring Valley, CA - The Bancroft Bar
7.31 Las Vegas, NV - The Usual Place
8.01 Palmdale, CA - Transplants Brewing Co.
8.03 San Francisco, CA - Bottom Of The Hill
8.06 Portland, OR - Dante's
8.07 Yakima, WA - Bearded Monkey
8.08 Boise, ID - Shrine Social Club
8.11 Denver, CO - Skylark Lounge
Artist: Lord Buffalo
Album: Holus Bolus
Label: Blues Funeral Recordings
Release Date: July 12, 2024
01. Holus Bolus
02. Slow Drug
03. Passing Joy
04. Malpaisano
05. I Wait on the Door Slab
06. Cracks in the Vermeer
07. Rowing in Eden
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