WDR Rockpalast published the full performance at Freak Valley 2023 by US Heavy Psychedelic Rockers Pontiak. Watch the video through the YouTube player below:
Formed in 2005 in Baltimore, Maryland, the trio is a real family business, consisting of brothers Van (guitar, vocals), Jennings (bass, keyboards) and Lain (drums) Carney.
Initially, the three brothers played in various bands in the USA and Europe. In 2005, they met to record an EP together for the first time on a farm in Virginia, entitled “White Buffalo,” which they released on their own label Fireproof Records. The debut album “Valley Of Cats” followed in 2006. Since then, Pontiak has released an album almost every year.
Together they went on tour. With the material written on the road, the band of brothers then got a record deal with Thrill Jockey Records. In 2009 they went on their first European tour together with Earthless.
Pontiak‘s sound is rhythmically complex, Hard Blues Rock with many Psychedelic and instrumental passages. In Folkier parts, the three brothers sometimes sing in several voices.
