DRINK THE SEA to Play at Lodge Room in Highland Park
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Supergroup features members of R.E.M., Screaming Trees & Them Crooked Vultures
Luckily for us the supergroup Drink The Sea will play in Los Angeles at Lodge Room Highland Park on Saturday, February 7th. This extraordinary band features Peter Buck (R.E.M., the Minus 5), Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees, Mad Season), Duke Garwood (Mark Lanegan, the Orb), Alain Johannes (Eleven, Them Crooked Vultures), and percussionist and vibraphonist Dr. Lisette Garcia. After several dates in the UK at the end of 2025 the band is now on tour in the US. See them if you can!
The band began in 2022, when Alain and Barrett jammed at Barrett’s studio in Olympia, WA just to see what kind of magic they could conjure together. Two years later, Barrett and Duke toured together in England and Iceland, before recording additional songs in Reykjavik. After that, Barrett, Duke, and Peter met in Sao Paulo to record more songs, which continued with Alain joining them in Joshua Tree, and then some additional recording at Alain’s studio in Santiago, Chile. Final production happened at Barrett’s studio in Olympia, WA, and mixing took place in Barcelona, Spain. The two debut albums the band recorded were literally recorded around the world.
Taking their name from a lyric that Duke wrote, the albums are produced and mixed by Barrett and Alain and reflect the members vast experience as songwriters, arrangers, and singers. It also shows a strong world music influence that permeates the music, because although the songs are built around traditional guitar, bass, and drums configurations, the songs also shimmer with the sounds of Arabic oud, Indian sitar, Indonesian gamelans, and various exotic percussions like Brazilian surdo, frame drum, vibraphone, marimba, and kalimba.
File this under things to look forward to!
The Lodge.Room. Highland Park is a state of the art live music venue and cocktail bar housed in a beautifully restored 1922 Masonic Lodge at the corner of Figueroa St. and N. Avenue 56. They serve an eclectic mix of live music, tasty food, draft beers and cocktails. Have dinner before the show at Checker Hall, a vintage-era Mediterranean bistro right next door. Don’t miss this all-ages show! Doors at 7 PM | Show at 8 PM For tickets and venue information go to Lodge.Room website.
Follow Drink the Sea on Instagram and stay up to date with tour and buy their album at the website DrinkTheSeaMusic.com.
