Whenever you release a new record:
- where do you send it to (and how? link or mp3 download code, cd, vinyl)?
- how do you promote your stuff these days?
- Payed ads on social media? yay or nay?
- and what blogs and magazines are you reading yourself if you want to discover new music?
- what radio stations are cool for underground bands that play garage psych surf doom? Especially if they're doing video taped live sessions like KEXP (but in Europe for the start?
We have a 10-14 day tour planned for December with KARKARA from France (buddies and label mates of SLIFT with whom we already played in 2019) - but let's see how that will work out with the next pandemic wave and the associated restrictions hanging over us like a big dark cloud - and some bookers already making bad predictions... what else shall we bear in mind concerning promotion?
Any cool pendants to LEVITATION and KEXP in Europe?
We're based in Austria and are willing to "conquer" the European mainland next year - and whenever it's possible again also the UK, US, Latin America, Japan, Australia (if we get some dates together).
Here is some footage from our first post-lockdown show (still seated and limited to 30 guests - but therefore also sold out ) - you can see me playing my Liquid Thunder (Rexter double bound B&B matching Headstock Jazzmaster) for the first time - and my bandmate playing my Thinline Jag as he broke a string on his Jagmaster during the second song on the list! https://youtu.be/ZE7L7RXwat4 - it's one of our calmer songs - possibly a bit Portishead inspired - the rest of the album is a tad heavier. Oh yes and TENTACULA is the name.
PS: here is a pic of my current board - I had to do one last overdub of a solo yesterday as I originally recorded it with the Bright switch and the Tentacle on which was very aggressive and a little too thin...