DATURA4
Combining equal parts vintage psychedelia, no-quarter boogie, rock-infused blues, and classic hard rock and running them all though a big bank of amps, Datura4 are a rock band living in the present while showing a true appreciation for the sounds of the past. The band debuted their high-impact blues-based sound on 2015's Demon Blues, which blended '70s-style hard rock with boogie blues-rock of similar vintage; the band was stripped from a two-guitar powerhouse to one guitar and a keyboard player without a major change in their impact on 2019's Blessed Is the Boogie.
Datura4 feature several distinguished veterans of the Australian rock scene -- guitarist and lead singer Dom Mariani founded the popular garage rock revivalists the Stems and later worked with DM3, while guitarist Greg Hitchcock is a former member of You Am I and the New Christs, drummer Warren Hall kept time for the Drones, and bassist Stu Loasby played on DM3's Rippled Soul. Longtime friends Mariani and Hitchcock had long wanted to work together in a project that would let them stretch their musical boundaries, and in 2011, Datura4 (named for a poisonous flower) became their new creative vehicle. Venturing out from their hometown of Fremantle in Western Australia, Datura4 soon earned a reputation for powerful live shows that brought a modern-day energy to sounds from rock & roll's past. In 2015, they emerged from the recording studio with their debut album, Demon Blues, which was released by Alive Naturalsound Records in July 2015. The band wasted little time in getting its sophomore outing into the world, releasing Hairy Mountain just one year later. When Datura4 dropped their third album, Blessed Is the Boogie, in 2019, they introduced a new lineup of the band; guitarist Greg Hitchcock was out, and keyboard player Bob Patient was in. After touring Australia and the U.K. Datura4 utilized a pair of studios some 242 kilometers apart to record their fourth album. Fully integrating Patient's keyboards,the band stretched out and got looser in their approach to gritty garage psych and blues-infelctedf boogie. The finished album, titled West Coast Highway Cosmic (referring to their long drive between studios), was released in the spring of 2020.
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Discography
18 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Neanderthal Jam
Rock - Released by Alive Naturalsound on 26 Aug 2022
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West Coast Highway Cosmic
Rock - Released by Alive Naturalsound on 17 Apr 2020
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Invisible Hits
Rock - Released by Alive Naturalsound on 30 Nov 2023
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Demon Blues
Blues - Released by Alive Naturalsound on 10 Jul 2015
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Blessed Is the Boogie
Progressive Rock - Released by Alive Naturalsound on 5 Apr 2019
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Hairy Mountain
Rock - Released by Alive Naturalsound on 28 Oct 2016
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Walk On The Water
Rock - Released by Alive Naturaldound on 3 Nov 2023
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Going Back To Hoonsville
Blues - Released by Alive Naturalsound on 13 May 2022
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Secret Society
Blues - Released by Alive Naturalsound on 24 Jun 2022
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Blessed Is the Boogie
Pop - Released by Alive Naturalsound on 13 Feb 2019
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Open The Line
Alternative & Indie - Released by Alive Naturalsound on 8 Apr 2022
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You Be the Fool
Rock - Released by Alive Naturalsound on 4 Mar 2020
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Mother Medusa
Rock - Released by Alive Naturalsound on 30 Mar 2020
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You're the Only One
Rock - Released by Alive Naturalsound on 12 Feb 2020
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Black Speakers
Blues - Released by Alive Naturaldound on 12 Aug 2022
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Cat on a Roof
Pop - Released by Alive Naturalsound on 22 Mar 2019
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Run With Lucy
Progressive Rock - Released by Alive Naturalsound on 7 Mar 2019
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Fools Gold Rush
Rock - Released by Alive Naturalsound on 7 Oct 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo