"Healing Gems are a psychedelic band, but not in the yoga posing, incense burning, sanctimonious kind of way. They’re a drink of LSD-tainted punch at a small town dance. A pot brownie picnic at a community park. Scratchy bargain basement records that still surge fire. The type of band one might listen to while traversing a hot desert landscape with rainbow-laden sun showers pouring down upon your skin. No drugs required.
While influenced by sounds of the past, the Gems aren’t just a nostalgia act pining for days of yore. Female backups coo over baritone male leads. Kaleidoscope keyboards harmonize with fuzzy melodic guitar. It’s an eclectic symphony that results in a unique original sound, an approach that utilizes the best parts of the past but leaves the really dumb shit out, replacing it with unique original concepts instead." - Shout Note.
Touring support from Modesto psych Latinx troupe Valley Wolf.
Bar opens at 6pm. Early Show. 21+