Portland, Oregon heavy rock merchants HIPPIE DEATH CULT unleash a new excerpt off their forthcoming “Live at the Star Theater” album, to be released on May 9th on Heavy Psych Sounds.
“One funny anecdote from this track that you’ll catch when you watch the video version is the culmination of the prank war between us and Kadabra in action. We were on the road together for about seven weeks and had been pranking each other all along the way. They started it. This was the last show of the tour, and by this point, we felt like we had taken it as far as we were going to take it and had given those guys a good run for their money. They kept taunting us that a big retaliation was on its way, kind of playing head games with us.
Well, the last show arrived, and during ‘Red Giant,’ they inflated about 50 balloons and circulated them around the crowd. It was actually a really sweet surprise from those guys, and the crowd loved it. So, if you hear a bunch of random popping noises throughout this record, you’re hearing people in the crowd popping the balloons as we play. To top it off, they also covered our van in silly string, paper, and had written ‘Kadabra Rules’ and other obscenities in giant lettering all over the windows. Just another example of the many things that made this night a really fun one for us.” Don’t miss Hippie Death Cult’s latest live video for Toxic Annihilator!
European spring tour 2025:
01.05 IT Genova – Trinità Live Club
02.05 IT Bologna – Heavy Psych Sounds Fest
03.05 IT Venezia – Heavy Psych Sounds Fest
04.05 SLO Izola – Hangar Bar
05.05 HR Pula – Klub Kotač
06.05 HR Zagreb – AKC Attack
07.05 AT Vienna – Arena
08.05 DE Ravensburg – Slainte Irish Pub
09.05 AT Ebensee – Kino
10.05 NO Oslo – Desertfest Oslo
11.05 DK Copenhagen – Stengade
13.05 DE Göppingen – Gaststätte Zille
14.05 DE Wiesbaden – Kreativfabrik
15.05 NL Oss – Groene Engel
16.05 UK London – Desertfest London
17.05 IS Reykjavík – Worship Fest
18.05 UK Huddersfield – Northern Quarter
19.05 UK Bristol – Gryphon
20.05 UK Nottingham – Ye Olde Salutation Inn
21.05 UK Portsmouth – Edge on the Wedge
22.05 FR Paris – Le Klub
23.05 FR Nantes – Cold Crash
24.05 FR Capbreton – Sideral Festival
25.05 DE Berlin – Desertfest Berlin
26.05 DE Munich – Feiewerk
27.05 DE Donaueschingen – Omega
28.05 IT Torino – Blah Blah
29.05 IT Sezzadio – Cascina Bellaria
30.05 LI Vaduz – Camäleon
31.05 CH Geneve – Undertown
Hippie Death Cult “Live at the Star Theatre”
Out May 9th on Heavy Psych Sounds – Preorder
