Desert rock pioneers, featuring Mario Lalli (Fatso Jetson, Desert Sessions) and Gary Arce.
Influenced by everything from the psychedelic to the folkloric, hard rock, roots punk, jazz, world music, the sound of this trio, while hard to describe, is cinematic, heavy, melancholic, driven and dreamy.
Despite Kyuss recording Yawning Man song "Catamaran", Yawning Man are quite a different musical beast from those they inspired. Drawing heavily from artists like Black Flag, Minutemen, Meat Puppets – their music is caught in the nexus of surf, psychedelia, Krautrock and the Spaghetti Western soundscapes of Ennio Morricone.
Many years after they started the Generator Parties in the desert, Yawning Man is still driven by that which initially inspired them to begin this journey: to create and connect landscapes of the real to surreal. The result being the beautiful, swirling and other-worldly music you know as Yawning Man.
SOFT SUN
Hauntingly driven heavy dream drone from California and Norway. Guitar by Gary Arce (Yawning Man, Big Scenic Nowhere etc), bass/vocals by Pia Isaksen (Superlynx, Pia Isa). Their 2nd album got released end of 2025 on HPS with Robert Garson on drums.
