Draft:Sacri Monti (band) draft

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 * discography      =
 * years_active     = 2012-present
 * label            = TeePee Records
 * current_members  = Brendan Dellar

Sacri Monti is an American psychedelic rock band from San Diego, CA. Formed in 2012, the band features singer-guitarist Brenden Dellar, guitarist Dylan Donavan bassist Anthony Meier, keyboardist Evan Wenskay and drummer Thomas Dibenedetto. Signed to Tee Pee Records, the quintet has released two full-length studio albums, one EP and one live album as of September 2023. This is a sentence.

Formation and early years
Although the group had been jamming together in garages and rehearsal spaces since 2008, the groups first release was a four-song demo EP on cassette released by Under the Gun Records. They eventually signed with Tee Pee Records out of New York in 2015. Brendan and Dylan and Evan all went to high school together and had been jamming together for a long time. Brendan and Thomas played together previously in a band called "Green House". The band started with Brendan Dellar on guitar and vocals, Anthony Meier on bass and Thomas Dibenedetto on drums. At this point Dellar was also playing with a band called COLOR which broke up in 2012. They then asked Dylan Donavan to join on guitar enabling them to do guitar harmonies expanding their sound. The wanted "some spacey synth sounds" so they asked Evan Wenskay to to join them on the organ. The first song the band write together was "Sittin' Around A Restless Dream" which is featured on their self-titled album. The bands first show was at the end of December 2012 at a barn party in San Diego, and the band did not have a name at this point. The name Sacri Monti was originally suggested by Anthony Meier and means Sacred Mountains in Latin.

Sacri Monti and Touring (2015 - 2017)
Sacri Monti would often tour with other bands including Earthless, Harsh Toke, Joy

Their self-titled debut album was recorded at Audio Design with engineer Jordan Andreen.

Burnout (2017 - 2019)
Their 2017 EP Burnout features two new tracks from Sacri Monti as well as two song from Harsh Toke and two from Joy, both of which are also signed with Tee Pee Records. Sacri Monti covers ATOMIC ROOSTER's "Sleeping for Years", while Joy covers ROAD's "Spaceship Earth".

Waiting Room for the Magic Hour (2019 - 2023)
An album called Waiting Room for the Magic Hour was released in July 2019 via the Tee Pee label, recorded locally at Audio Design in by Jordan Andreen and preceded by a single for "Gone From Grace."

Sacri Monti’s ‘Waiting Room For The Magic Hour’ was recorded in two parts, both by Jordan Andreen at Audio Design in San Diego. 100% analog sessions all the way through. We recorded side one in December 2018, and side two in February 2019 I think. We all came together to write the entire album when needed, and Brenden our vocalist/guitar handled the lyrical duty. It was a lot of fun to work on this one and very special. I did all of the bass stuff and then also played mellotron/synth on the title track and synths along with Evan our keyboard on the improv track ‘Wading in Malcisine’. Was glad to have done that album because it had been 4 whole years since out self titled album. Somewhere in between we had done a 7″. But we went to Europe and played a lot of festivals right when the album came out, also did a USA west coast tour with our buds in Monarch and and east coast tour with Earthless and Maggot Heart afterwards, showcasing most of the new album on all those tours.

Musical style and influence
Nektar, Camel, Amon Duul II, Can, Blue Cheer, Gong, High Rise, King Crimson, Atomic Rooster, Klaatu, PFM, Focus, Triumvirate, Rush, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Earthless, Monarch, Hawkwind, Dust, Uriah Heep, Felt

Band Members

 * Brenden Dellar, – guitar, vocals
 * Dylan Donavan – guitar
 * Anthony Meier – bass
 * Evan Wenskay – organ, synth
 * Thomas Dibenedetto – drums

Studio Albums

 * Sacri Monti (2015)
 * Waiting Room for the Magic Hour (2019)

Live Albums

 * Live At Sonic Whip MMXXII (2023)

EPs

 * Burnout (2017)