California-based indie/rock trio Heavy Gus released today their debut album Notions. Available everywhere through BMG, the collection of songs blur the lines between grungy garage band fare, hazy desert surf, and dreamy, sun-soaked indie rock. Stream or purchase Notions HERE.
The group also shared the official video for "Paracosm," a powerful visual that shows singer/songwriter/guitarist Dorota Szuta's recent pregnancy through time lapse. "Inspired by Ursula K.
LeGuin and a low-grade fever, this song is the outstretched hand
grasping for answers to deep questions, and is ultimately a reminder of
how beautiful it can be to remain empty handed," she stated. "One thing
that helps me move through times of hardship is remembering how small we
are. Being alive is purpose enough."
Watch "Paracosm" Right Here
Formed in the high desert town of Bishop, CA, Heavy Gus is led by songwriting couple Szuta and multi-instrumentalist Stelth Ulvang (The Lumineers) along with percussionist Ryan Dobrowski (Blind Pilot).
The band took shape during the pandemic when couple Ulvang and Szuta (a
marine scientist who also has a background in music playing with
Laura Gibson and Gill Landry) took a socially distanced road trip to
Nashville — picking up Dobrowski in Colorado along the way — to record
at Creative Workshop. The result is a poignant offering that Under The Radar called “genuine live-wire indie rock sound.”
Their
debut offering calls to mind everything from Meat Puppets and The
Breeders to Yo La Tengo and Acetone in its artful balance of hope and
fatalism, loneliness and desire, strength and vulnerability. While all
three bandmates came to Heavy Gus from very different worlds, they fit
together like puzzle pieces, bound by the kind of love and trust that
can only grow from years of deep kinship. Notions was engineered and mixed by Parker Cason (Margo Price, All Them Witches, Coin) and mastered by Pete Lyman (Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile).
Watch "Weird Sad Symbol" HERE.
Watch "Dinner For Breakfast" HERE.
Watch "Still to Be" HERE.
Watch "Do We Have To Talk?" HERE.
Track Listing:
01) Dinner for Breakfast
02) Weird Sad Symbol
03) Do We Have to Talk
04) Breathe
05) Still to Be
06) Trees
07) Try
08) Paracosm
09) Distant Thunder
10) Scattered
Tour Dates:
09/06 - New York, NY @ Baby's All Right
09/07 - Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live
09/08 - Vienna, VA @ Jammin' Java
09/10 - Woodstock, NY @ The Station Bar
10/06 - Bayfield, WI @ Big Top Chautauqua*
10/11 - Mobile, AL @ Soul Kitchen*
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