2 [VIDEO] Midday Veil's Psychedelic Wonderland @ Sunset Tavern

Words and Video by Nik Christofferson

In a city currently overrun with alt-country and hip-hop, psychedelic music seems to take a back seat for the most part. Luckily the folks at Portable Shrines are actively spreading awareness about the totally tripped out world of NW psychedelia; making it easier to discover some really great underground acts. Case in point, Seattle’s Midday Veil have been involved with Portable Shrines’ Escalator Fest as well as a handful of local psych bills giving them a little more exposure than may have been normally available. Just one of the reasons I admire Portable Shrines’ musical cause and quest.

A couple weeks back Midday Veil turned the Sunset Tavern into their own psychedelic wonderland while previewing some of the new material slated for their first full length record. Midday Veil is pure 60’s acid psych reincarnated. Emily Pothast’s haunting yet groovy pipes sail over synth and guitar ecstasy courtesy of David Golighty, Timm Mason, and drummer Chris Polina. Sipping on a PBR was all I could do to fight the zombie malaise of the room, but it wasn’t long before Midday Veil had sunk their minimalist bliss trance inducing claws in me only to finally cause my brain to implode under the weight of their classic rock fuzz mind fuck crescendos, and pupil dilating projection light display. Midday Veil has officially become my gateway drug into local psychedelic music, so stay tuned for more.

Unfortunately, I walked in during the last few electrifying minutes of astral fuzz courtesy of Olympia band Nudity. Remind me to arrive on time in the future, killer stuff!