BROWNOUT Presents BROWN SABBATH
Austin-based Psych Funk Collective Paying Tribute to BLACK SABBATH
To Appear at BROOKLYN BOWL LAS VEGAS On JUNE 6 & 7
“HAND OF DOOM” 10-Inch Feat. ALEX MAAS of THE BLACK ANGELS Due May 13
Full-Length LP to Follow June 24 on UBIQUITY RECORDS
Brown Sabbath is the alter ego of Austin-based psych-funk collective Brownout who delve deep into reinterpreting the catalog of metal godfathers, Black Sabbath. The eight-piece outfit is set to tour this summer, which includes a two night stand at Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas on Friday, June 6 and Saturday, June 7.
The eight-piece outfit is touring in support of their debut full-length album, Brownout Presents Brown Sabbath, set for release via Ubiquity Records on June 24. They’ll also release a limited edition 10-inch, color-splattered vinyl single “Hand Of Doom,” featuring The Black Angels’ Alex Maas on vocals, on May 13.
“The Brown Sabbath idea started out like everything else we do, half inside joke, half psychotic. It was an overly ambitious attempt at challenging ourselves as musicians,” says Brownout guitarist Adrian Quesada. “Bridging the gap between our music and Black Sabbath is not as far of a stretch as it might seem though. Sabbath was not only heavy, but soulful and funky in their own dark way. Half the band grew up as metal heads too, so it came naturally. The experience is already beginning to influence our next album of original music.”
Formed ten years ago by members of Grammy Award-winning Latin revival orchestra Grupo Fantasma, Brownout has evolved into a musical force all its own. After garnering their third Austin Music Award last year, the band has continued to produce music that is unflinchingly progressive, while evoking the classic influences of artists such as WAR, Cymande and Funkadelic. They’ve performed at events including Bonnaroo, High Sierra Music Festival, Pickathon, FFFFest, Bear Creek Music Festival, Utopia Festival and Pachanga Fest, while regularly touring the United States. Brownout has also served as a highly in-demand backing band for artists including Prince, Daniel Johnston, GZA and Bernie Worrell.
With its latest recording, Brownout Presents Brown Sabbath, they remain true to the darkness, bombast and fuzz of Sabbath’s sound, while re-imagining the music with greasy Afro-Latin horns, hypnotic percussion and psyched-out, rare-groove improv. Crushing Vinyl blog called a recent performance “magical,” while OkayPlayer wrote, “frantic horn squeals but up against the restless rhythms of the band, paying deep respects.”
Where:
BROOKLYN BOWL LAS VEGAS
The Linq, Suite 22
3545 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Las Vegas, NV 89109
702-862-2695
When:
FRIDAY, JUNE 6
SATURDAY, JUNE 7
Doors: 7:00pm
Show: 9pm
Tickets:
FREE
21 & Over
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