Brightblack Morning Light

Overview

Hanging for some peyote-infused psychfolk, tinged with communal love vibes and the sounds of the desert winds as interpreted by swirling organ tones? Turns out you don't have to go to New Mexico, because New Mexico is coming to you this autumn, thanks to Mistletone.

A collective based in NM's rural mountainscape, headline band Brightblack Morning Light are all heavy love, a bevvy of shaman showmanship rooted in the bliss out zone of washed out sunset rock. For this tour, Brightblack will be a trio consisting of founder Nathan Shineywater aka Nabob, Danielle Stech-Homsy of Rio En Medio and the percussionist Cannupa Luger. Sounds like a fully formed meditational tripod to me.

Their most recent album, Motion to Rejoin, was one of the very best of 2008, its slow unravelling of a mix of complex orchestrations and simpler, feathery atmospheric jams forming a beautiful and cohesive record for a midsummer night's dream. For those wanting more, I recommending reading an interview they did with Trinie Dalton for the much missed (in print) Arthur Magazine, available online.

It's just as exciting that Rio En Medio is touring, Stech-Homsy's folk offerings deserving of a double-headline tour. Having released a debut record on Devendra Banhart's Gnomonsong label, this solo project has the ethereal sound of a feathered dreamcatcher and the fixed confidence of an Ojo de Dios. Between them, Brightblack Morning Light and Rio En Medio have performed with Os Mutantes, Vashti Bunyan, Joanna Newsom and Grizzly Bear, amongst many others.

To win one of two double passes to see Brightblack Morning Light, just visit our Facebook page, click 'Suggest to Friends' then confirm your entry by leaving a comment on the wall. Winners will be contacted by DM on Wednesday morning.