Holy Wave live at Blondies 7/19

Blondies

624 N Stone Ave, Tucson AZ 85705

Doors / 7pm

Show / 8pm

Holy Wave (tx)

Pleasure Cult (phx)

Magic Mountain (tuc)

Holy Wave:

Back at the beginning of their fifteen-year career, Holy Wave leaned into a tranquil realm of psychedelia, eschewing long-form jams and guitar heroics for a dreamy pop-oriented approach. As the band evolved, the early Sgt. Peppers-meets-the-Velvets sound yielded to more sophisticated melodies and tripped-out instrumentation, effectively steering their music away from sun-bleached nostalgia to a color-saturated dimension where sounds of the past, present and future intermingled.

The childhood friends of Fuson, Joey Cook, Kyle Hager, and Julian Ruiz grew up in El Paso, where they cut their teeth in the local DIY scene. Hungry for more music and broader perspectives, the members made frequent road trips across the Southwest to catch touring bands who opted to skip West Texas markets. That wanderlust eventually prompted their relocation to Austin, but it also permeated in their adventurous songwriting and love for touring. No small surprise then that these aural explorers felt that a whole way of life was taken from them with the onset of the pandemic. But on their new album, Five of Cups, it sounds as if the physical limitations of quarantine life prompted Holy Wave to wander even deeper into new sonic territories.

Pleasure Cult:

Pleasure Cult is a 4 piece band created in Phoenix, Arizona during the fall of 2021. With recently releasing our E.P, The Best Secret You'll Never Keep, alongside a few singles such as "Lonely One" and "Don't Ask" the decision was made to keep it going by traveling and exploring new opportunities. Since then we have opened for The Frights, Blondeshell, Luna Luna and have also played a handful of small festivals. Sonically, it is a collection of old school inspired tunes with nostalgic sound combined, to inspire one to dance, sing or do whatever they do best in the most pleasurable way possible.

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