Born into a cult in Iowa, HNRY FLWR grew up meditating and moving around the world with his psychic mother who claims to remember being born. As an adult his inspirations range from hypnotism to drone music to televangelism to clowning. He draws from this background to produce secular spiritual rock with his beautiful 6-piece band in New York City. Since receiving a “Buzzy” review from The New York Times and selling out The Sultan Room in early 2020, they have gained a reputation for church-like live performances that are as powerfully immersive as they are moving. 

Their “brilliant” (GoldFlakePaint) debut EP, FLOWERAMA, was released in the summer of 2017 on Paper Garden Records and quickly went viral on Spotify with over half a million streams. The “melodic, danceable, and devastating” (Alt Citizen) EP was produced by David Groener Jr, (The National, Jonsi). The project was created by David Van Witt, who uses sweeping 80’s synths, jangle-psych guitars, vintage drum machines and his melancholy baritone to explore themes of mystery, human connection, and The Infinite Void.

KILL, THE ICON! are a double-drumming synth-punk quartet from London.

They use cultural iconography as a conduit through which to process punk ideals.

In 2003, Brooklyn’s A Place To Bury Strangers emerged on the scene out of Oliver Ackermann’s psychotropic vision.  Often cited as ‘ the loudest band in New York’,  APTBS is known for their vicious live performances overloaded with all-consuming visuals, experimental sonic warfare, and treacherous stage antics.  

2021 welcomes a lineup change for A Place To Bury Strangers. New members John Fedowitz (bass) and Sandra Fedowitz (drums) of Ceremony East Coast cement the most sensational version of the band to date.  John and Oliver were childhood friends who had played in the legendary underground shoegaze band Skywave, crafting futuristic punk music together. This next phase is a sonic return to APTBS’s most raw and unhinged endeavors, pushed even further into a new chaotically apocalyptic incarnation.

During the on-going global pandemic, Ackermann spent his time building this new band, raising money and awareness for those in need, establishing the record label Dedstrange, designing futuristic space synthesizers for his company Death By Audio, and producing a brand new A Place To Bury Strangers EP.  The new EP, Hologram will be released July 16, 2021, on Dedstrange.  Watch out.

Debut LP I Think I Hear Your Voice is out now; listen/download on your preferred platform https://orcd.co/jwe3m57
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