California-based Psychedelic Prog Metallers Owl are pleased to announce their Western Pyramids Tour. Set to commence on May 31, 2023 in Eugene, Oregon and run through June 10, 2023 in Oxnard, California, the tour celebrates the band’s critically lauded “Geomancy” full-length, released in February via Lummox Records.
Comments guitarist/vocalist Alexander “A.K.” Baechle: “We are excited to finally get back to the Northwest after almost four years. The music heads in Seattle, Tacoma, and Portland always made us feel welcome, and we’ve played with a bunch of great bands there. This tour, hear us debut our newest and craziest songs! The new album, Geomancy, will be available at shows on gatefold 2xLP and CD.”
Tickets are on sale now. See all confirmed dates below.
OWL – Western Pyramids Tour:
5/31/2023 House Party – Eugene, OR
6/01/2023 High Water Mark – Portland, OR
6/02/2023 Mootsy’s – Spokane, WA
6/03/2023 The New Frontier Lounge (early show) – Tacoma, WA
6/03/2023 Belltown Yacht Club (late show) – Seattle, WA
6/04/2023 Ale Apothecary – Bend, OR
6/05/2023 Wheelhouse (early show) – Dunsmuir, CA
6/05/2023 Vet’s Hall (late show) – Mount Shasta, CA
6/06/2023 Jury Room – Santa Cruz, CA
6/07/2023 Project Barley Square – Torrance, CA
6/08/2023 Pour House – Oceanside, CA
6/09/2023 Redwood Bar And Grill – Los Angeles, CA
6/10/2023 Casa Agria Specialty Ales – Oxnard, CA
Geomancy is Owl’s third full-length. The ambitious long player enhances baroque elements of guitar composition while maintaining a defiant, barbed-wire anti-sociality. Ten-minute sagas erupt from inspirations bestial as cougar maulings, odes to Earth’s continued viability rend consciousness in humanistic terms, and trenchant dual guitar leads echo Iron Maiden, Scorpions, Thin Lizzy, and King Crimson.
“Geomancy” was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Justin Weis at Trackworx (Hammers Of Misfortune, Swamp Witch, Orthodox) and comes swathed in the cover art of Chris Corona.
“Geomancy” is available on 2xLP and digital formats. Purchase and Stream the album on Bandcamp: https://owlbrotherhood.bandcamp.com/album/geomancy
Owl was forged in 2007 in the infernos of proto-metal, twin harmonies, and doom. By 2010, an album’s worth of minimal demo(nic) riffage and draconian indulgence surfaced in Jackson, California, propagated by brothers Axell Baechle (guitars, vocals, piano) and Alexander “A.K.” Baechle (guitars, vocals) and piqued the interest of industrious local artist, drummer, and yes, third brother, Clint Baechle. Owl played their first show at a barbecue in the proving ground of Oakland’s then house scene.
Their self-titled LP followed in November 2012, as principal songwriter A.K. sweated out the resins of literature, the Bush years, and job loss. Owl toured for more than two years before releasing the full-length road-bomber Screech on tape in 2014 and vinyl in 2015. Original bassist Melanie Burkett eventually fled the band amicably to pursue endeavors outside of music.
Enter Jamie Sanitate, the ultimate Iron Maiden fan. Sanitate’s athletic, NWOBHM-influenced bass playing buoyed Owl through a period of intermittent touring while the band grappled with new ideas. Finally in 2018, “Awaken The Mountain” was released as a single, highlighting the band’s heavy-prog interests and the Pompeii-inspired songwriting of guitar animal, Axell. A true prog metal epic and cautionary tale of dwelling too close to volatile geologic formations, the track offered up a small taste of what would follow with this year’s “Geomancy.”
Tracklist:
01. Awaken The Mountain
02. Runes
03. Pyramid Builder
04. Khorus
05. Minion Of The Amethyst Cave
06. Jupiterian Ocean
07. Ghost Lanes
08. Runes Reprise
09. A King For Every Mountain
10. Floating Island
11. Shadow Of Ehecatl
12. La Luz Compartida
Lineup:
Axell Baechle / Guitars, Vocals, Piano
Alexander “A.K.” Baechle / Guitars, Vocals
Clint Baechle / Drums, Percussion
Jamie Sanitate / Bass Guitar
Additional musicians:
Danika Ingraham / Backing Vocals
Keenah Fassett / Backing Vocals
Laurie Sue Shanaman / Backing Vocals on “King“
Hailey Chase / Backing Vocals And Percussion on “Shadow“
Xaina / Backing Vocals And Percussion on “Shadow“
