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Listen to Usnea’s “The Compleated Sage” off first album in 6 years
“The Compleated Sage” is inspired by the hungry ghosts of Zen Buddhism and the wendigo demon of Native American lore; creatures who are insatiably greedy and self-interested to their own extreme detriment. Much like the basis of our entire current civilization. These parables exist to remind us of our interdependence and mutual fates. We wrote…
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Hail Conan
Our old friends from the British Isles are coming back to the Cascadian gloom to unleash their fury once again. They are touring with THRA and we are opening. Get tickets here!
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“From Soot & Pyre” premiere and album announcement on Decibel
Translation Loss and Usnea have teamed up to announce our fourth album ‘Bathed in Light’ will be out this May! Preorders are also live at Translation Loss. In the meantime, you can check out the premiere single “From Soot & Pyre” at Decibel!
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Awakening into 2023
Our fourth record is finally in production and we should have more news on that really soon! In the meantime we have some show announcements: We are stoked to be playing with our old friends in Ninth Moon Black and Unhallowed Earth (formerly Sól) on Saturday, February 11th, 2023 at High Water Mark Lounge, Portland,…
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October 2022 PNW Shows
We very sadly had to drop off of the Amarok tour in July and cancel all of our Summer shows due to Justin’s breaking his wrist in a motorcycle accident. If you follow us on social media you probably already know about this. We are excited to make up the Pacific Northwest dates with Aequorea…
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Usnea + Amarok 2022 Tour
Usnea and Amarok are beyond excited to announce a short West Coast Tour together this July!! We have a deep and loving friendship with Amarok. Our drummer Zeke was a founding member of the band on drums before he left Chico and several of Justin’s old bands played with Zeke and Brandon when they were…
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Bell Witch + Aerial Ruin w/ Usnea and Netherrealms
We’re extremely excited to play with Bell Witch again. The very first show Usnea ever played was with Bell Witch in 2012 (!) when they were also a pretty new band. They’ll be playing their collaboration album “Stygian Bough Vol I” with Aerial Ruin for the first time. Tickets available here
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One year ago before the pandemic…
It’s been a whole year since this night… a night that none of us knew would be our only show for 2020 and that still remains our last show up to this point. It was also a brilliant night with incredible performances by our friends Zyl, A//tar, Glasghote and San Francisco’s Brume. We love the…
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Ceremony of Sludge 2020
Usnea have been hard at work on our fourth album so please excuse the radio silence but we do have this absolute banger of a show coming up this Spring and some new songs to debut at it. We hope you are all holding on in these dark times…
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Usnea and CHRCH are touring this July
Usnea are hitting the road this Summer with our dear brethren of all things heavy and nasty CHRCH! Let there be tinnitus for all… Full dates: 7/05/2019 Blue Lamp – Sacramento, CA 7/06/2019 Elbo Room Jack London – Oakland, CA 7/07/2019 5 Star Bar – Los Angeles, CA 7/08/2019 Space – San Diego, CA 7/09/2019…
