The first EP vinyl record named The Trip Takers was published by Area Pirata Records in October of 2017 and it was favorably received by musical connoisseurs and specialized press; in the same phase they started a series of live shows in Italy and Germany.
On 30th of April 2018 was released the single Jumper Blues (Side b: Another One) and two weeks later the band was invited to play in Liverpool at prestigious Cavern Club, in the context of International Pop Overthrow Festival; such significant participation will be the beginning of a tour around Italy, Germany, France, Denmark and Luxembourg. In the same time the group started working on their first long-playing (that will be out in the following year) at Voodoo Bug Studios in Copenaghen.
On the way back to hometown they have organized the psychedelic party called Garage Invasion vol.1 with others important Dj's belonging to European “sixties” scene.
The last two months of 2018 was the period of new digital single release named All I want and the subsequent Iberian Tour including participation at Purple Weekend in Lèon, one of the most important garage/beat events in Europe.
On January 2019, The Trip Takers played as support band with The Morlocks (USA) and The Embrooks (UK). One month later the recording sessions of the first LP were completed at Rec On Black Studio in Sicily. Finally Don't back out now was released on 10th of April, so the group will be involved in a new promotional tour across Europe and they’ll be, therefore, headliners at the prestigious Garage Ville Festival in Hamburg.
November comes and the group is engaged again to share the stage, with another legendary band from 80’s garage revival: The Fuzztones (USA).
The new decade begins keeping on play around subterranean Italian stages and “The Trip Takers Collection” Compact Disc release...
"The Trip Takers are an Italian band suspended in the limbo between the conservatism of vintage sounds and the genuine and sincere "revivalism". The result is a sound that is clearly recognizable from the point of view of conceptual influences but vividly peculiar at the same time”.
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