Saturday, August 3 • 7:30pm • The Bowl
Dustbowl Revival (Venice, CA)
Dustbowl Revival has always been about pushing the boundaries of what American roots music can be. After celebrating over a decade of sonic adventuring and playing thousands of shows together in ten countries and counting, the group has collected a devoted, global fanbase. After spending years on the road, selling out hometown shows at LA’s famed Troubadour, headlining festivals and wowing crowds from Denmark to China, Dustbowl Revival never stops making their joyful, booty-shaking soul songs and cut-to-heart folk-rock ballads that lift up their transcendent live shows. With the bands emotional new single Beside You and 2020’s ambitious full length Is It You, Is It Me, they wanted to strike into new terrain, as they mined new energetic material from the place where folk and funk music meet. The latest album strikes a more personal note than ever before, representing the latest stage in a band that never stops exploring new sounds. Where the band really sets on a new course is on lushly cinematic, orchestrated set pieces like “Mirror”, “Runaway” and, most notably, the current fan favorite and live showstopper, “Sonic Boom,” about the struggle to reveal who you really are in the hidden, rose-colored world of social media. There’s a new widescreen expansiveness to these songs that wouldn’t be out of place in a packed arena or orchestra hall with a full neon light show.
www.dustbowlrevival.com