Bask announce 10-Year anniversary Tour
Bask have taken us on quite a long, strange, and headbanging trip. Ten years ago, the band came thundering down from the mountains of North Carolina with their debut album. American Hollow cast their pastoral landscapes in country-twinged doom, but on the next two albums, the hearty four-piece painted with a headier and heavier brush.
Now that they’ve got a solid decade under their belts, Bask are ready to keep on trucking. This December, they’re touring up and down the East Coast, with three shows around their home state. These guys are no strangers to the open road either. They’ve toured with everyone from High on Fire and Pallbearer to Guided By Voices, honing their steamrolling riffs and trippy visuals for anyone who’s in search of a good vibe.
Bask US 2023 Tour Dates:12/9/23: Charlotte, NC @ Snug Harbor12/10/23: Richmond, VA @ Get Tight Lounge 12/12/23: Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus12/13/23: Boston, MA @ O’Brien’s Pub12/14/23: Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie12/15/23: Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 12/16/23: Asheville, NC @ Eulogy *FREE SHOW*
Bask will play songs from across their wide-ranging discography, including cuts off their most recent release, III. Stream, download or purchase the album here.
III Tracklist:1. Three White Feet 2. New Dominion 3. Stone Eyed 4. Rid of You 5. Noble Daughters I: The Stave 6. Noble Daughters II: The Bow7. Maiden Mother Crone
About Bask:
Categorizing musical style often acts as a shortcut. It allows us to quickly find what we think we’ll like and while defining a band by genre can be a positive for attracting new listeners, these barriers can also be limiting and may hinder our discovery of music that may inspire, embolden, and provoke us. Sometimes, categories need to be broken and those limiting genre demarcations need to be shattered so that new musical expressions can emerge without limits. North Carolina’s Bask is one of those special acts that transcend through even the most detailed categorizations in order to genuinely break new ground and take the listener on a journey of musical discovery that is acutely novel, yet also warmly familiar.Hailing from Carolina’s storied Blue Ridge Mountains, Bask was fully conceived in the fall of 2013 when guitarist Ray Worth, drummer Scott Middleton, bassist Jesse Van Note, and guitarist/vocalist Zeb Camp came together to produce sounds that were properly reflective of the lush yet rugged Appalachian habitat. The band’s newest record, III, showcases a soulful juxtaposition of Americana rock ‘n’ roll with progressive and psychedelic elements, separating Bask from your average rock band from the South.Since forming in 2013, Bask has released two formidable and critically acclaimed full lengths: American Hollow (2014) and Ramble Beyond (2017). The band has toured North America and Europe with the Grammy award-winning High On Fire and Weedeater, as well as other contemporary genre-challenging acts like Pallbearer, Kayo Dot, Royal Thunder, and Black Tusk. The Carolinians have also successfully shared bills with a range of diverse artists, from Guided By Voices to Carcass and even Refused. They’ve been featured on festivals such as Desert Fest Berlin and London, New England’s RPM Fest, Speedfest in the Netherlands, and Heavy Mountain in Asheville, NC. Each song on III is inspired by legend, folklore, or mythology, reexamining characters and situations that are often misunderstood, overlooked, or requiring deeper introspection. III fervently embraces the natural world, the cyclical nature of our human experience, and grapples with the some of the hardships of those events and happenings that make us who we really are.Bask’s sound has been described as progressive and cinematic, containing glimpses of their native region’s unique tonality and heartfelt heaviness; something they unequivocally prove with III. While expertly crafted songs like the incredibly catchy “New Dominion” and the rockin’ “Stone Eyed” present a heavier dynamic from the band, tracks like “Maiden Mother Crone” and “Rid of You” serve up a melancholy elegance that showcases the band’s roots, adding to the record’s vast yet cohesive dimensions. “Noble Daughters II: The Bow” combines heavy groove with accessible classic guitar rock sensibilities and dreamy sonicscapes. The diversity in the record is cognizant of the band’s wealth of influences and the songs are crafted so intriguingly that the listener is often eagerly awaiting what’s coming next.
“We just want to play heavy music from the heart.” Scott Middleton, Bask drummer.
From the warm vocals and melodically homespun guitars of the opener “Three White Feet,” III is sure to take the listener on an emotional journey through its many peaks and valleys. The record is something you just must hear for yourself to truly grasp both the depths and practicable complexities of Bask. This is Americana. This is soul. And you simply haven’t heard this before.
Line-up:Jesse Van Note – bassScott Middleton – drumsRay Worth – guitarZeb Camp – guitar/vocals
Guest Musicians:Jed Willis – Pedal Steel on “Maiden Mother Crone”Meg Mulhearn – Violin on “Maiden Mother Crone”Links:
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