Friday holds that special place in civilisation as the start of the weekend festivities and April 28th is not going to be an exception to this tacit rule. Boasting a glorious line-up of huge names and up-and-coming acts, the opening day of Desertfest 2017 is not going to be one you will want to miss, and all stages have something to offer everybody: Whether cruisin’ the American desert highways is your thing or you are looking for rollickin’ rock’n’roll ball-busters, Friday has it all and then some. The Quietus Stage offers up some tremendous slabs of psychedelic textures to tweak your consciousness to a cosmic redshift. With a new album currently doing the works among heavy psych/doom fans, North Carolina’s Bask concoct their luscious sounds with a dash of Americana to melt crisp soundscapes down into colours to paint the sky with; building on their foundations set in 2014’s American Hollow, Ramble Beyond is an impressive sophomore that could easily see its way on end of year lists. It’s been a long wait to see these guys on our shores so this is definitely not an act to miss out on. As far as live shows go, few are as [...]
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