Commenting on the upcoming tour-dates across the US, guitarist Xabier Iriondo states: “Touring the US was one of our goals while writing Mansuetude. After our first run last June/July to break the ice, we’re ready to hit as many places as possible. Personally, I’m really looking forward to sharing this upcoming tour with Squid Pisser, our Skin Graft labelmates.”
Formed in 2016, Buñuel is a literal international supergroup of global significance, featuring the singular vocals and incisive, cutting lyrics of Eugene S. Robinson (Oxbow) alongside guitarist Xabier Iriondo (Afterhours, A Short Apnea), bassist David Haemery (Sordide), and drummer Frank Valente (Il Teatro Degli Orrori).
Emerging in 2016 but solidifying their status with 2024’s Mansuetude (their debut on SKiN GRAFT/Overdrive), the band crafts a sound defined by deliberate tension and unrefined instinct. Their sound is an intentional provocation – uncompromising in its raw physicality, labyrinthine in structure, and sheer, tectonic-weight heavy.
Mansuetude presents a profound contradiction in terms – a title evoking submission applied to an album of assertive, almost architectural sonic force. Buñuel constructs this paradox across the expansive canvas of a triple-sided vinyl, creating a self-contained world governed by its own internal logic of tension and release. The album navigates a topography that spans the claustrophobic intensity of noise, the grim, heavy blues of existential dread, the precise aggression of metal, and the liberated syntax of jazz. The collective aim transcends mere genre exercise; Mansuetude aspires to be a catalytic agent- a work of sonic alchemy designed to confront and transmute the latent anxieties of its time.
“Bunuel shows are always lightning bolts.” – says Eugene S. Robinson. “Usually through the head, but on the West Coast, the coast I, until recently, called home it always plays stranger than strange. That plus the weird headspace America is in, in total, well, I have NO idea what kind of madness will ensue. But will it be worth it? As much or more so than Mansuetude could even have hinted at.”
Upcoming tour-dates include:
2.05 Denver CO @ Hi Dive
2.06 Salt Lake City UT @ Metro Music Hall
2.07 Boise Idaho @ The Shredder
2.08 Seattle WA @ El Corazon
2.09 Bellingham WA @ Shakedown
2.10 Portland OR @ Mississippi Studios
2.11 Eugene OR @ John Henrys
2.12 Sacramento CA @ Harlows
2.13 Los Angeles, CA @ 2220 Arts & Archives*
2.14 San Francisco CA @ Bottom Of The Hill
2.15 San Diego CA @ Soda Bar
2.16 Phoenix AZ @ Last Exit
2.17 Albuquerque NM @ Sister Bar
2.18 Colorado Springs CO @ Thrashers
*Bunuel only, no Squid Pisser
More from Buñuel:
Eugene S. Robinson (vocals/lyrics): The iconic frontman and lyricist, renowned for his three-decade tenure with the seminal avant-garde act Oxbow.
Xabier Iriondo (guitar): A prolific sonic innovator and guitarist whose footprint spans over 50 releases and live performances across three continents.
Frank Valente (drums): A composer and sound extremist, central to the powerful engine of the Italian rock institution Il Teatro Degli Orrori.
David Haemery (bass): The low-end architect, celebrated for his work with Normandy’s black metal innovators Sordide.