Luke Sweeney

Dubbed a ‘pillar of San Francisco’s garage-psych community’, Luke Sweeney employs “a smorgasbord of influence: there’s Kinks and T. Rex, there’s Mungo Jerry and the smallest touch of Latin vibes" (The Bay Bridged). A songwriter who keeps his notebook handy and the microphone on standby, Sweeney “approaches pop with a decidedly askew sense of priorities. He confounds aural expectations and puts the knock on reverence in a manner that summons the peccadilloes of eccentrics like Todd Rundgren and Stephen Malkmus” (Austin Chronicle). 2022 saw Luke get back on the proverbial horse with a 6-piece band in tow to unfold the new music from his 4th full-length album Rishi, a record rich in “a psych-infused, bouncy pop sound with poetic lyrical prowess” (Obscure Sound) and “lilting and ebullient synth creations infused with raga and other Eastern-influenced sounds” (SF Examiner) that some are calling “the great release of his career so far” (Metal Magazine).