For San Diego’s Thee Sacred Souls, the first time is often the charm. The band’s first club dates led to a record deal with the revered Daptone label; their first singles racked up more than ten million streams in the first year of release and garnered attention from Billboard, Rolling Stone, and KCRW; and their first fans included the likes of Gary Clark Jr., The Black Pumas, Princess Nokia, and Timbaland.
Their self-titled debut of sweet soul music led to TV performances on Later… with Jools Holland, CBS Saturday, and Jimmy Kimmel Live! among others. And now, at the end of a long run of hot-ticket shows around the world, they FINALLY make it to Australia with their seven piece live show for a tour in March 2024 through some of our finest live music festivals and establishments.
THEE SACRED SOULS are retro and modern, cool and warm, sweet and raw, but most of all, play smooth and intoxicating soul music that gets you in the heart. Sweet soul is here to stay and it is in good hands with Thee Sacred Souls.
Supports across the tour bring some sweet combination of soul, heart, harmony and modern retro charm to the stage with ELLA THOMPSON, DJ CELIA BOW, THE BURES BAND, DJ MISS GOLDIE, BABY COOL and ODETTE MERCY & HER SOUL ATOMICS all joining in the action along the way. Access tickets for all shows HERE
“Every step of the way has just been so organic,” says drummer Alex Garcia. “Things just seem to happen naturally when the three of us get together.”
Indeed, there’s something inevitable about the sound of Thee Sacred Souls, as if Garcia—bassist Sal Samano and singer Josh Lane—have been playing together for a lifetime already. Produced by Bosco Mann (aka Daptone co-founder Gabriel Roth), Thee Sacred Souls’ self-titled debut is a warm and textured record, mixing the easy-going grace of sweet ’60s soul with the grit and groove of early ’70s R&B, and the performances are utterly intoxicating, with Lane’s weightless vocals anchored by the rhythm section’s deep pocket and infectious chemistry. Hints of Chicano, Philly, Chicago, Memphis, and even Panama soul turn up here, and while it’s tempting to toss around labels like “retro” with a deliberately analog collection like this, there’s also something distinctly modern about the band that defies easy categorization, a rawness and a sincerity that transcends time and place.