We're still feeling a bit groggy from all the heat and humidity, and to jumpstart this Monday, we have a hauling-ass freight train of jam from Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band! Clocking in at nearly sixteen minutes, "Dreaming In The Non-Dream" is the lead single and title track from their forthcoming record. Forsyth recently shared with NPR that the album was recorded after the last U.S. presidential election as "a way of grappling with that event-slash-calamity" and that the title was inspired by a William S. Burroughs quote: "America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out of existence. The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set up by the non-dreamers." With the downsizing of the band to a power trio and the exodus of Nick Millevoi, Dreaming In The Non-Dream is also the first album, since 2013's The Solar Motel, with no second guitarist. "I wanted total control of the guitars on this."

Step into NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert, where Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band recently performed a trio of songs “Harmonious Dance,” “The First Ten Minutes of Cocksucker Blues,” and “Boston Street Lullaby” in the sequence that they appear on The Rarity of Experience. The psych-rockers set implores a serene, celestial aura, offering a mind-cleansing sense of speculation. They’ll be opening for Super Furry Animals , this Friday, July 22 at Union Transfer. (Photo by NYC Taper)

Guitarist Nick Millevoi dips his feet into a myriad of musical of outlets (Many Arms, Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel,  Hollenberg-Millevoi Quartet etc.) So, it’s not surprising when one hears that he’s releasing new material. His forthcoming album Desertion, will be released via ShhPuma /Clean Feed May 20. It is currently streaming over at Noisey.  Melodically smoothing over a union of Americana and psych-rock, the record ventures onto boundless terrain beautifully experimenting while hinting at the familiar. 

Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band premiered a new jam on NPR early today called "Harmonius Dance." Forsyth originally wrote the composition for a solo 12-string acoustic guitar as part of a score for Everyone, a piece by choreographer Miguel Gutierrez. The recording with the full band will be found on the group's forthcoming album The Rarity of Experience, set to drop on March 4 via No Quarter Records. Guitarists Chris Forsyth and Nick Millevoi will performing a special duo set opening for Tortoise on Friday, March 18 at Underground Arts, and the whole band will be back together again on Saturday, March 26 for its release show at PhilaMOCA.

Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band have offered a glimpse into their latest sonic voyage, a double LP The Rarity of Experience which will released March 3^rd via No Quarter. “High Castle Rock” is an expansive riff-steered quest that gathers intensity after rolling through in a familiar mesmerizing fashion.  The Rarity of Experience lifts off with a record release show March 26 at PhilaMOCA with 75 Dollar Bill.