The Warlocks - Vevey (2017)

The first ever live album from the critical darlings of L.A.'s neo-psych rock scene, The Warlocks, arrives on Friday The 13th! Recorded live last year in Vevey Switzerland on the band's massive European tour, Vevey highlights the best tracks from The Warlock's entire career, including tracks from their their newest studio album Songs From The Pale Eclipse. Longtime fans will not want to miss the invigorating new takes on favorites such as "Shake The Dope Out," "It's Just Like Surgery," "Baby Blue" and more. The album will be available on both CD in a mini-LP sleeve and in a 2LP set with colored vinyl (your choice of either Blue or Clear)!
Head Warlock Bobby Hecksher shares his thoughts on this momentous release: "The Warlocks have literally hundreds of live recordings documented in one way or another over the last 17 years since we formed. I've stacks of this crap! Some on DAT, Cassette, Reel To Reel, Off The Board CD, Tapers CD or upload, Live Stream, You Tube etc. We seemed to just be one of those bands everybody loves to record or something. The problem with a lot of these recordings is that they all have something wrong with them. Either it's on our end, like shoddy sound, or it's some sub-par recording like the low end is missing or people are talking over it. The other problem is I personally don't like a lot of live stuff for various reasons. I certainly don't collect it! That's pretty much ANY band sans maybe Spacemen 3 and Hawkwind. So I'm super picky and hate nearly 95% of all live recordings. Live at Vevey represent the closest you are going to get to a live show by The Warlocks without going to one. It's also the closest it's going to get to original line up. JC, Corey and myself since inception. Plucky joined in about 2002. Earl and Chris about 7-8 years. So it's pretty close to 'the sound' I've envisioned for this project. We didn't know this was being recorded and the engineer Wassim just does this stuff for fun. It's recorded and mixed with love just because! And it shows! It sounds great! I hope you enjoy this as much as I do!"