Telekinetic Yeti are a two-piece who sound like an army. The Iowa stoner-metal duo tapped Baroness and Kylesa boardsmith Philip Cope to produce their new LP, Primordial, which arrives this summer to coincide with a run of dates they're playing with Weedeater. The aforementioned acts are bigwigs of the stoner, doom and sludge milieu, and Telekinetic Yeti have the chops to be name-dropped alongside them.
Don't believe us? Take a listen to Primordial's rollicking title-track, which we're stoked to be premiering today (June 8th). The riffs are fuckin' mighty, the drumming is cacophonous and the vocals are the perfect blend of haunting and hard-hitting. If you like your stoner-metal with a sativa zest instead of an indica slump, then smoke 'em if you got 'em while you listen above via YouTube.
"I wanted to write something that brought to mind an early earth type setting; the dawn of man and humans creating the first tools," guitarist-vocalist Alex Bauman says of the track. "In the context of today's complicated and technologically advanced world it's interesting to think about the origins that we came from and all the millions of years of evolution that shaped us to be who we are."
Primordial is out in full on July 8th via Tee Pee Records and pre-orders are available here. See the dates for their busy summer of touring below.
Telekinetic Yeti tour dates with Weedeater:
July 2 Piedmont, SC Tribbles
July 3 Atlanta, GA Sabbath Brewing
July 4 Memphis, TN Hi Tone
July 5 Lafayette, LA Freetown Boom Boom Room
July 6 Denton, TX Rubber Gloves
July 7 Austin, TX Lost Well
July 8 Houston, TX Last Concert Café
July 9 Tulsa, OK Mercury Lounge
July 12 Madison, WI High Noon
July 13 Grand Rapids Pyramid Scheme
July 14 Bloomington, IL Nightshop
July 15 Athens, OH The Union
July 16 Cleveland, OH No Class
July 17 Johnson City, TN The Hideaway
Telekinetic Yeti headlining dates with White Hills as support:
July 19 Charlotte, NC Snug Harbor
July 20 Charlottesville, VA Champion Brewing (free show)
July 21 Morgantown, WV 123 Pleasant St
July 23 Richmond, VA Richmond Music Hall
July 24 Philadelphia, PA Silk City
July 25 Brooklyn, NY Knitting Factory
July 26 Pittsburgh, PA Crafthouse
July 27 Rochester, NY Bug Jar
July 28 Detroit, MI Smalls
July 31 Newport, KY Southgate House
August 1 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
August 3 Green Bay, WI Lyric Room
August 4 Iowa City, IA Wildwood
August 5 Omaha, NE Reverb
August 7 Denver, CO Globe Hall
August 8 Salt Lake City, UT Aces High
August 10 Seattle, WA Substation
August 11 Bellingham, WA Shakedown
August 12 Vancouver, BC Rickshaw Theatre
August 13 Portland, OR Bossanova Ballroom
August 14 Sacramento, CA Café Colonial
August 16 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill
August 17 Ventura, CA GiGi's
August 18 Los Angeles, CA Knucklehead
August 19 Tempe, AZ Yucca Taproom
August 20 Albuquerque, NM 606
August 21 Oklahoma City, OK 89th St
August 25 Kansas City, MO Record Bar
August 26 St. Louis, MO Red Flag
August 27 Rock Island, IL Skylark
August 28 Dubuque, IA The Lift
August 29 Minneapolis, MN 7th St Entry
