HORORTERIA presents: Pilgrims of Yearning / DJs Tommy Grenas and Scott Harris
01 Apr, 2023, 12:00AM (EDT)
The Avalon Lounge
29 Church St
Catskill, New York 12414
HORORTERIA is a goth/post punk/darkwave/early industrial event with silent horror visuals. Live performance by Boston’s PILGRIMS OF YEARNING and DJ sets by Tommy Grenas and Scott Harris from hororhaus.
Pilgrims Of Yearning
Latine Post-Punk/Dark/Alternative/Wave/Goth act from Boston Massachusetts.
Nostalgic, wistful, fierce, and expansive in range, Pilgrims of Yearning’s unique sound has been described as “your soundtrack to introspection, lament and disdain”, and as an eclectic mix of PostPunk, French Coldwave and Latin American influences. They formed in 2018 after lead singer Juls and guitarist Claudio moved to the USA from their hometown in Chile. Their eclectic debut album Forsaken Lands debuted in 2020 along with a series of videos featured in Cvlt Nation and Post-Punk.com. Pilgrims of Yearning has billed with bands like She Past Away, Kaelan Mikla and Vision Video. They also have had an acclaimed participations major streaming festivals: Gothicat, Lvna Negra and the Festival Under Latinoamericano among others; and in the first in person edition of the Dark Spring Boston Festival in May 2022, among bands like Golden Apes, Secret Shame and Child of Night.
In their most recent EP, Hadal, Juls and Claudio keep using a Post-Punk baseline, as it offers the band a versatile canvas for experimentation. In this work, however, they explore more electronic sounds, with elements from Darkwave, Synthpop and Minimal Wave. Other big influences were Latino folk rhythms and Latino alternative rock bands from the 80/90s. Hadal was chosen as part of the Best of 2022 releases by Post-Punk.com, Sounds and Shadows and by several well known DJs in the scene. Plans for 2023 include their second album release and more extensive touring; they have already been booked for shows and festivals in the US and Europe.
At present, their single “La Mar” is about to reach 1,000 likes on YouTube with 12k reproductions.
Pilgrims of Yearning is: Claudio Marcio (Guitar and programming) Juls (Voice and Lyrics) Sean Woodbury (Bass)
“Your soundtrack to introspections, lament, and disdain for this atomized world” – CVLT NATION
“Their music is rooted in French coldwave, South American post-punk and anarcho punk, teetering the line between catch romantic hooks and driving, angular energy” – Post-Punk.com
DJ Tommy Grenas
Singer, songwriter, synthist and electronic musician, who began his career in 1982 with the Belfast garage band The Swamp Rats. Continued in 1987 with Los Angeles based Pressurehed. Founding member of Farflung in 1992 along with Michael Esther and Brandon La Belle. Co-founder of Anubian Lights in 1995 with Len Del Rio. Guitarist in Nik Turner's Space Ritual and Hawkwind. Performed with recording Helios Creed and Chrome starting in 1997 as Tommy L. Cyborg. Has played and collaborated with The Brain, Lydia Lunch, Cluster, Abby Travis, et al.
Singer, songwriter, synthist and electronic musician, who began his career in 1982 with the Belfast garage band The Swamp Rats. Continued in 1987 with Los Angeles based Pressurehed. Founding member of Farflung in 1992 along with Michael Esther and Brandon La Belle. Co-founder of Anubian Lights in 1995 with Len Del Rio. Guitarist in Nik Turner's Space Ritual and Hawkwind. Performed with recording Helios Creed and Chrome starting in 1997 as Tommy L. Cyborg. Has played and collaborated with The Brain, Lydia Lunch, Cluster, Abby Travis, et al.
DJ Scott Harris
Creator and conceptualist of darkwave-occult-horror music act hororhaus. Scott has a weekly radio show on WaxRadioIndy.com called HORORTERIA which is a dark music focus encompassing multi-genres. Scott is from the NYC area and moved to The Catskill region in 2009. Throughout the mid and late 90s, Scott was a DJ in NYC spinning electronica and 80s new wave as a resident DJ at Bowlmor Lanes on University Place in NYC. He guest DJs on various TWITCH channels including Empire Of Beat and Dead Souls Gothic Lounge. Scott is a multi-instrumentalist and as a drummer, played drums for such bands as The Vibes, goth-metal Vasaria (who was signed on Century Media Records), angel13, Xraygun and currently plays drums in various local projects.
Creator and conceptualist of darkwave-occult-horror music act hororhaus. Scott has a weekly radio show on WaxRadioIndy.com called HORORTERIA which is a dark music focus encompassing multi-genres. Scott is from the NYC area and moved to The Catskill region in 2009. Throughout the mid and late 90s, Scott was a DJ in NYC spinning electronica and 80s new wave as a resident DJ at Bowlmor Lanes on University Place in NYC. He guest DJs on various TWITCH channels including Empire Of Beat and Dead Souls Gothic Lounge. Scott is a multi-instrumentalist and as a drummer, played drums for such bands as The Vibes, goth-metal Vasaria (who was signed on Century Media Records), angel13, Xraygun and currently plays drums in various local projects.
Lon Clark is the owner of EVER RECORDS – an independent record shop in Woodstock NY located at 68 Tinker Street specializing in used, rare and collectables with a underlying post punk vibe. Lon currently promotes monthly events involving Silent Horror movies set to live music and other psychedelic events at Tinker Street Cinema.