“America’s Skyraker released their debut album ‘Stars and Screams’ last year. This is ‘Into The Storm,’ blending grunge, doom and stoner with a twist of psych to add a trippy feel to the hypnotic heavy, grooves. Listen on headphones to really get that otherworldly effect! #G #stoner #psych #doom” ( Loud Enough Magazine, UK)

Skyraker’s sound incorporates elements of stoner rock, psychedelic, punk, and space rock in a carefully considered musical package. The band bridges sometimes devastatingly heavy riffs with other times atmospheric, haunting melodic structure and a willingness to explore a large expanse of emotional space both lyrically and musically.  Though Skyraker’s sound draws inspiration from Clutch, Queens of the Stone Age, All Them Witches, and, perhaps inescapably,  Pink Floyd – the style is unmistakably of the band’s own making. 

All three members of Skyraker are seasoned veterans of the NW rock scene. Jason Baker and Ben Carey founded and performed in the Portland, OR based alt-prog rock band Oxcart in 2004, recording 3 studio albums and inadvertently spawning the acclaimed Pink Floyd tribute band that later became known as Pigs on the Wing.  Drummer Bryan Fairfield has widely toured the US with the Portland-based rock bands Kieskagato and System and Station, and is currently the drummer for Pigs on the Wing. Jason Baker is a guitarist and vocalist for Pigs on the Wing, owner of Sasquatch Recording studio, and the creative force behind side-project Citizen Vs. Narwhal. 

About Stars and Screams:

Skyraker’s debut album Stars and Screams was recorded over a nearly two-year period from 2021-2023 at the historic Bingen Theater / Sasquatch Recording studio in Washington state. While not formally a concept album, many of the album’s tracks reference a common theme in their exploration of the band members’ shared stories as musicians and the lifelong bond formed in the trenches of underground rock music. Musically, the album covers a vast range of space, from the 1970’s Pink Floyd-inspired “Don’t Know How to Tell”,   to the stoner-rock sludge of “Into the Storm”,   to the possibly Zappa-esque  “Right on Time”.

Stars and Screams was released on Sept 30, 2023  and  is available in digital / streaming format via all major platforms including Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube Music.   Stars and Screams is also available as a limited-edition 12” vinyl pressing via the band’s Bandcamp site.