{"id":1881,"date":"2024-08-17T23:08:18","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T23:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumblefest.com\/?page_id=1881"},"modified":"2024-08-17T23:08:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T23:08:18","slug":"2024-bands-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumblefest.com\/index.php\/2024-bands-2\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 BANDS 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Top L-R: World Destroyers’ Pleasure Club, Dion Lunadon, Psychic Death Bottom L-R: Starcleaner Reunion, Fiona Moonchild, Dream Phases<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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WORLD DESTROYERS’ PLEASURE CLUB\u00a0(ex Dead Meadow, ex Black Angels,\u00a0Los Angeles)\u00a0RIYL<\/b>: Talking Heads, The Fall, Peter Gabriel, Wire, Fela Kuti, Psychic TV, Night Flights era Walker Brothers.<\/span>
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You probably won\u2019t hear anything in 2024 quite like the self-titled debut album of\u00a0World Destroyers\u2019 Pleasure Club<\/strong>. Featuring former members of\u00a0Black Angels<\/strong>,\u00a0Dead Meadow<\/strong>,\u00a0Death Valley Girls<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Grooms<\/strong>\u00a0it vacillates positively between alien and accessible, a world-music vibe dosed with post-punk and free jazz while sometimes hinting at an alternate-reality\u00a0Talking Heads<\/strong>. You can experience this unique sound in person when the Los Angeles quintet makes its South Florida debut headlining\u00a0Bumblefest<\/strong>…\u00a0Read more\u00a0<\/strong>in<\/strong> PureHoney<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

DION LUNADON\u00a0(ex A Place to Bury Strangers, New York City)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

That chain Lunadon<\/strong> rattles on the cover of 2023\u2019s\u00a0Systems Edge<\/strong>\u00a0isn\u2019t just a photo prop, and it\u2019s just one key to Lunadon\u2019s solo output. Think overdriven amps, sinks of reverb and a ton of swagger. Think\u00a0Link Wray<\/strong>, black leather and bad-moon-rising vibes. It\u2019s a parallel world to the one Lunadon occupied as singer-guitarist in\u00a0The D4\u00a0<\/strong>and former bassist in\u00a0A Place to Bury Strangers<\/strong>, though all share that unbridled, soulful, undefinable spark…\u00a0Read more in\u00a0PureHoney<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

PSYCHIC DEATH\u00a0(Atlanta)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Atlanta’s Psychic Death<\/strong> straddle death rock, post-punk and darkwave, although they\u2019re a bit too upbeat to be considered goth. Live, they are tight, terse and thrumming with an intensity that feels explosive. On record they sound like\u00a0Joy Division<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Rozz Williams<\/strong>-era\u00a0Christian Death\u00a0<\/strong>squaring up for a knife fight under a full moon. Jangle guitars, new wave synths, and blown-out reverb rattle your skull enough to loosen your fillings…\u00a0Read more in\u00a0PureHoney<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

STARCLEANER REUNION\u00a0(Lightheaded, New York City)
\nRIYL<\/b>: Broadcast, feeble little horse, Yo La Tengo\u00a0<\/span>
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In the decades since\u00a0Stereolab\u00a0<\/strong>emerged, there haven\u2019t been many acts that you could say are reminiscent of their distinctly airy yet intricate style of Europop. That all changes when you hear the beautiful work of\u00a0Starcleaner Reunion<\/strong>, who will be making their Florida debut as\u00a0Bumblefest\u00a0<\/strong>headliners. Five New Jersey high school friends who moved to New York City, Starcleaner Reunion have a bit of Stereolab\u2019s multilingual streak, although Spanish, not French, is their second language on tracks like the trippy \u201cQue Dices<\/strong>.\u201d But the Francophone influence is there…\u00a0Read more in\u00a0PureHoney<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

FIONA MOONCHILD\u00a0(Scott Yoder, Sonny & the Sunsets, Seattle)
\nRIYL<\/b>: Stereolab, Gang Of Four, Orange Juice<\/span>
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Seattle-based\u00a0Fiona Moonchild<\/strong>\u00a0is touring, at last, in support of a debut album that came out in late 2021 and has, for reasons too numerous to mention, not gotten the extensive live workout it deserves. \u201cIt\u2019s been a strange go-around for this release,\u201d the\u00a0Bumblefest<\/strong>\u00a0headliner told\u00a0PureHoney<\/strong>\u00a0in a missive sent in July from the South of France, where Fiona was working on new music and trying out a recently acquired bass clarinet that had become a new obsession. Her summer schedule included a rock \u2019n\u2019 roll sailing tour on Spain\u2019s Cantabrian Sea playing drums with\u00a0Sonny and the Sunsets<\/strong>…\u00a0Read more in\u00a0PureHoney<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

DREAM PHASES\u00a0(Los Angeles)
\nRIYL<\/b>: Spiritualized, Beach Boys, Deerhunter, the Byrds<\/span>
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No one can accuse the Los Angeles band\u00a0Dream Phases<\/strong>\u00a0of false advertising. These\u00a0Bumblefest<\/strong>\u00a0headliners play psychedelic-influenced rock that can indeed be dreamy and suffused with melodic harmonies, but they\u2019re not afraid to startle you out of your reverie with buzzy guitar solos…\u00a0Read more in\u00a0PureHoney<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n