King Buffalo
Bio
Rochester-based psych stoner band King Buffalo burst upon the scene with Orion (2016), a debut characterised by jam sections and a lack of standard song structures.
Successor ‘Longing to Be the Mountain’ (2018) is an enthralling, slightly more mellow psychedelic/stoner/krautrock album that never panders to the clichés of these genres. In 2021 King Buffalo announced their ambition to release three albums in just twelve months’ time. The first part of the intended trilogy, ‘The Burden of Restlessness’, tells the story of frustration born from long months forcibly spent indoors. Also inspired by the Covid-19 era touring ban, ‘Acheron’ also dropped in 2021. Named for the river of woe from Greek mythology, Acheron was recorded in a cave in close proximity to a stream, which is audible in various places throughout the record. Consisting of just four lengthy tracks, the album’s dynamics are very different: much slower, hypnotic and almost dreamlike. ‘Regenerator’ completed the trilogy in 2022: another slab that sees them jamming on the basis of one or two central riffs, extended at times but never boring or out of place. Be sure to check out the recording of their performance at the legendary Burning Man festival in 2023!
