As part of QRO’s preview of Chicago’s Psych Fest 2 we’re turning our attention towards Dead Luke, a cool character from the flat green and occasionally pond-ed and lake-d expanse of proud Wisconsin. You can see in the photo at right the white thermal bottoms he is forced to wear in the cruel Winsconsin winters. When not stuffing himself with cheddar, rooting for the Packers, and overtaking Massachusetts as the largest domestic growers of cranberries, Dead Luke kicks out some pretty gnarly broken psych. There’s a whiff of early Beck here: wily solo man audio antics anchored in the soulful groundrock of blues and rock. Included below is a track from his cassette Cosmic Meltdown. It’s got a Tiki Lounge vibe from the year 2048 when global warming has melted all the ice caps and sunk all tropical paradises beneath approximately 200 meters of blue ocean. Enjoy the track below, and rap with him about the Packers on Twitter.
Don’t forget, he’s playing the Hideout in Chicago on 1/21 as part of Psych Fest 2: QRO will be there, come check it out!
"Grokk" the track "Dreaming"
