The cosmopolitan trio sees Jonty Balls from South London on guitar and vocals, backed up by German brothers Felix and Philipp Jahn, on drums and bass respectively. Drawing comparisons with Wolf Alice, Kasabian and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, the band’s unique sound has been described by Classic Rock as ‘darkly woozy, garage rock’n’roll’ when they made ‘Runway’ their Track Of The Week in the run-up to Christmas 2015.
Debut album Either That Or The Moon was released in the spring of 2016 to a wealth of positive notices; respected platform Drowned In Sound commented “Desert Mountain Tribe have crafted one of 2016’s finest debuts in Either That Or The Moon. In fact, why stop at the moon? The galaxy is theirs for the taking and on this evidence, only a fool would bet against them succeeding.”
Contactmusic.com’s Dom Gourlay also rated it as one of the Top 10 Albums of 2016. He said: “Their long awaited debut dropped in March and didn’t disappoint, drawing comparisons with The Doors and even Chris Isaak along the way.”
Currently, the band have been picking up support from within BBC 6 Music, regularly featuring on the recommended playlists of Steve Lamacq, Lauren Laverne and Chris Hawkins.
Also on the bill is Lara Smiles who has so far received extensive airplay on XFM and BBC Radio 6 music’s BBC Introducing after performing at some of Europe and America’s largest live venues and music festivals - and with a recent fourth Glastonbury performance under her belt Lara’s now excited to be planning a UK tour for late 2017 with her band.
Opening the night will be Brighton psychedelic pop rock outfit Fukushima Dolphin, armed with striking melodies, powerful harmonies, a sea of guitars and synthesised leads. The Dolphins have established an awesome live reputation in their native town; Swindon will be their first step towards building a national audience.
Pighill Promotions’ Duncan Robinson said: “My plans for 2017 are to continue to build a pipeline of new, original, breakthrough acts to play in Swindon’s music venues. DMT is the first of these to be confirmed; more will follow but we need to create momentum and demonstrate to booking agents and managers that there is a thriving market for this sort of act in Swindon.”
Tickets are available online from pighillpromotions.com/tickets, or from The Victoria, Swindon Central Library or Holmes Music. Tickets are £6 in advance or £7 on the door; doors open at 8pm.