Portland’s Honey Bucket has a strong understanding of the obscure. The band’s music is lo-fi rock that recalls the likes of Beat Happening and Guided By Voices, bands that found ways to make simple setups not a hindrance, but a crucial component of the work itself. The A.V. Club is premiering “Unexplainable Phenomenon” from Magical World, the band’s upcoming album on See My Friends Records. The song tells a simple story of walking around and encountering things that lack an earthly explanation, which is matched by the song running itself off into a spacey jam in its back half. After some ominous beeps and boops, Honey Bucket kicks everything into second gear, as a whirlwind of drum fills and guitar leads spin the song into a dimension all its own.
Magical World is available for pre-order now.
Honey Bucket tour dates
08/16 – Portland, OR – The Know tour kick-off with Woolen Men and Wave Action
08/21 – Eugene, OR – House Show
08/22 – San Francisco, CA – Hemlock Tavern
08/23 – Los Angeles, CA
08/24 – Phoenix, AZ – The Lost Leaf
08/25 – El Paso, TX – Monarch
08/26 – Austin, TX – Hotel Vegas
08/27 – San Antonio, TX – TBA
08/28 – New Orleans, LA – United Bakery Gallery
08/29 – Atlanta, GA – TBA
08/30 – Lexington, KY – Best Friend Bar
08/31 – Lexington, KY – Big Hair Records
09/01 – Pittsburgh, PA- TBA
09/02 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge
09/03 – New York, NY – Shea Stadium
09/05 – Montreal, QC – l’Escogriffe Bar Spectacle
09/06 – Ottawa, ON – Pressed
09/07 – Toronto, ON – Smiling Buddha
09/08 – Detroit, MI – Dunwell Dry Goods
09/09 – Chicago, IL – House Show
09/10 – St. Louis, MO – Foam
09/11 – Kansas City, MO – Blind Tiger
09/12 – Tulsa, AZ – Sound Pony
09/13 – Denver, CO – TBA
09/14 – Grand Canyon Melt Down
09/15 – Claremont, CA – TBA
09/16 – Los Angeles, CA – TBA
09/18 – San Francisco, CA – TBA
09/21 – Portland, OR – American Legion