【﻿ＨＵＧ】 — the new collaborative project from Gyan Riley, Devendra Banhart, and Noah Georgeson — have 

“Catatumbo” shares its name with both a river and a wild meteorological event in Venezuela (incidentally, where Devendra grew up) known as The Everlasting Storm.

HUG - Catatumbo

The word comes from the Barí, who are indigenous to the region, and it means “House of Thunder.” Here, lightning flashes forty times a minute, nine hours a day, eight months out of the year.

If you get a chance to listen, you’ll hear rain (recorded by Laura Giannone of Ebbtide Sound) break through【﻿ＨＵＧ】’s sunny, overlapping guitar licks.

Their self-titled debut — called【﻿ＨＵＧ】— is out in September!


P.S.: Did you see that 【﻿ＨＵＧ】is playing their first-ever show at the Hollyhock House in LA on Aug 20? Wouldn’t want to miss that. Follow 

HUG: “Catatumbo” Means “House of Thunder” In Barí