“Ridalin” artwork

Lotus will kick its summer festival touring into gear this weekend with two shows at Summer Camp in Chillicothe, IL. The schedule will include appearances at Wakarusa, Starscape, Re:Generation, Camp Bisco and the group has just announced that it will headline two nights at Summer Dance, which will take place at Nelson Ledges Quarry Park in Garrettsville, OH on August 26 and 27. In celebration of all this the band is now giving away two non-album studio tracks, both of which were recorded during the sessions that will yield the next Lotus record record this coming fall.

The first track is entitled “Destroyer” and the band explains, “The composition draws inspiration from American post-rock and 70s Krautrock with dual distorted guitars slowly building over a driving beat. The force of destruction is one of transformation here – the music is not mournful, it is celebration and release.’ Meanwhile, “Ridalin’s hip-hop swing, heavy bass and harmonized guitars construct the foundation for guest vocalist Monika Heidemann’s smoky vocals. Melodies and counter-melodies are passed between guitar, synths and vocals taking Lotus’s signature sound to new places. Heads will nod, subs will shake.”

Lotus Summer Dates

5/27 Summer Camp – Chillicothe, IL
5/28 Summer Camp – Chillicothe, IL
5/29 Bella Tempo – Geneva, MN
6/2 Wakarusa – Ozark, AR
6/3 Mountain Jam – Hunter Mnt. NY
6/4 Starscape – Baltimore, MD
6/24 DMB Caravan – Atlantic City, NJ
6/25 Re:Generation Festival – North Plains, OR
7/1 Fox Theatre – Boulder, CO
7/2 Red Rocks – Morrison, CO
7/7 Camp Bisco – Mariaville, NY
7/16 The Joint – Las Vegas, NV
8/9 Montbleu Resort – Tahoe, CA
8/12 Outside Lands – San Francisco, CA
8/26 Summer Dance – Garrestsville, OH
8/27 Summer Dance – Garrettsville, OH
9/2 North Coast Festival – Chicago, IL