Honey Bucket tries to understand the unknown in “Unexplainable Phenomenon”

By David Anthony | July 20, 2016 | 4:00pm

Aux Features Music

Portland’s Honey Bucket has a strong understanding of the obscure. The band’s music is lo-fi rock that recalls the likes of Beat Happening and Guided By Voices, bands that found ways to make simple setups not a hindrance, but a crucial component of the work itself. The A.V. Club is premiering “Unexplainable Phenomenon” from Magical World, the band’s upcoming album on See My Friends Records. The song tells a simple story of walking around and encountering things that lack an earthly explanation, which is matched by the song running itself off into a spacey jam in its back half. After some ominous beeps and boops, Honey Bucket kicks everything into second gear, as a whirlwind of drum fills and guitar leads spin the song into a dimension all its own.

Magical World is available for pre-order now.

Honey Bucket tour dates

08/16 – Portland, OR – The Know tour kick-off with Woolen Men and Wave Action

08/21 – Eugene, OR – House Show

08/22 – San Francisco, CA – Hemlock Tavern

08/23 – Los Angeles, CA

08/24 – Phoenix, AZ – The Lost Leaf

08/25 – El Paso, TX – Monarch

08/26 – Austin, TX – Hotel Vegas

08/27 – San Antonio, TX – TBA

08/28 – New Orleans, LA – United Bakery Gallery

08/29 – Atlanta, GA – TBA

08/30 – Lexington, KY – Best Friend Bar

08/31 – Lexington, KY – Big Hair Records

09/01 – Pittsburgh, PA- TBA

09/02 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge

09/03 – New York, NY – Shea Stadium

09/05 – Montreal, QC – l’Escogriffe Bar Spectacle

09/06 – Ottawa, ON – Pressed

09/07 – Toronto, ON – Smiling Buddha

09/08 – Detroit, MI – Dunwell Dry Goods

09/09 – Chicago, IL – House Show

09/10 – St. Louis, MO – Foam

09/11 – Kansas City, MO – Blind Tiger

09/12 – Tulsa, AZ – Sound Pony

09/13 – Denver, CO – TBA

09/14 – Grand Canyon Melt Down

09/15 – Claremont, CA – TBA

09/16 – Los Angeles, CA – TBA

09/18 – San Francisco, CA – TBA

09/21 – Portland, OR – American Legion