URBAN ASPIRINES: Datura4: Discography 2015

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Datura4: Discography 2015 - 2023

Emerging from the port city of Fremantle in 2009, Datura4 deliver a gutsy revival of boogie, blues,

and psychedelic hard rock - fused with a sound that’s unmistakably their own. Led by Dom Mariani (The Stems, DM3), and featuring Warren Hall on drums, Stu Loasby on bass, Bob Patient on keys, and Joe Grech on guitar and vocals, the band has built a solid legacy with five critically acclaimed albums on US label Alive Natural Sound Records: Demon Blues (2015), Hairy Mountain (2016), Blessed is the Boogie (2019), West Coast Highway Cosmic (2020), and Neanderthal Jam (2022).

Known for their explosive live shows, DATURA4 have toured extensively across Australia and

Europe, carving out a reputation as one of the hardest-hitting bands on the circuit. Fronted by Aussie legend Dom Mariani, who came to prominence on the music scene in the 1980s with legendary garage rock combo The Stems, and later went on to form revered power pop outfits DM3 and The Someloves, Datura4 is Mariani’s return to his blues and heads-down, full-tilt boogie roots.

Combining equal parts vintage psychedelia, no-quarter boogie, rock-infused blues, and classic hard

rock and running them all though a big bank of amps, Datura4 are a rock band living in the present while showing a true appreciation for the sounds of the past. The band debuted their high-impact blues-based sound on 2015's Demon Blues, which blended '70s-style hard rock with boogie blues-rock of similar vintage; the band was stripped from a two-guitar powerhouse to one guitar and a keyboard player without a major change in their impact on 2019's Blessed Is the Boogie.

After touring Australia and the U.K. Datura4 utilized a pair of studios some 242 kilometers apart to record

their fourth album. Fully integrating Patient's keyboards,the band stretched out and got looser in their approach to gritty garage psych and blues-infelctedf boogie. The finished album, titled West Coast Highway Cosmic (referring to their long drive between studios), was released in the spring of 2020.

01. DATURA4 - HAIRY MOUNTAIN 2015

The 2016 sophomore studio long-player from the bluesy Aussie psych-rockers, Hairy Mountain delivers

another muscular blast of lovingly retooled classic rock that bristles with electric, down-under eccentricity. Similar in tone to the Sword, Thin Lizzy, Cream, Electric Wizard, and Blue Öyster Cult-loving High Country that, like Datura4's debut, arrived the year prior, Hairy Mountain ultimately transcends its reliance on genre tropes by delivering those familiar melodic turns and road trip-ready backbeats with supreme gusto.

Datura4 – Hairy Mountain
Label:Alive Records – ALIVE0185-2
Format:CD, Album
Country:US
Released:2016
Genre:Rock
Style:Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Garage Rock

TRACKS

01. Fools Gold Rush
Organ – Bob Patient
Written-By – D.Mariani
02. Trolls
Written-By – D.Marian
03. Uphill Climb
Written-By – D.Mariani
04. Mary Carroll Park
Written-By – Dom Mariani, S.Loasby, W.Hall
05. Hairy Mountain
Written-By – D.Mariani
06. Greedy World
Written-By – G.Hitchcock
07. Confide in Me
Written-By – D.Mariani
08. Too Much (Or Not Enough)
Written-By – Dom Mariani
09. Something To Hide
Written-By – D.Mariani
10. Broken Path
Written-By – Dom Mariani

LINE - UP

Guitar, Vocals – Dom Mariani, Greg Hitchcock
Bass – Stu Loasby
Drums – Warren Hall
Written-By – Dom Mariani (tracks: A1-A4, B1, B3-B4), Greg Hitchcock (tracks: B2), Stu Loasby (tracks: A3), Warren Hall (tracks: A3)

Flac Size: 315 MB

02. DATURA4 - BLESS THE BOOGIE 2019

If any rock band in 2019 were going to call an album Blessed Is the Boogie, it would make sense for it to be Datura4, the Australian four-piece who have spent their career evoking the spirit of any number of

denim-clad blues-rock outfits from the '70s. But if they were going to call an LP Blessed Is the Boogie, their third effort is an unlikely choice, since it offers significantly less guitar-powered boogie than their previous work. That is not to say there isn't plenty of boogieing going on here; the first half of the album makes Datura4 sound like a band destined to share a stage with Savoy Brown and/or Status Quo, with the strut of Dom Mariani's guitar and vocals and the implacable stomp of Warren Hall's drums standing front and center.

Datura4 – Blessed Is The Boogie
Label: Alive Records – ALIVE 0204-2
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: Apr 5, 2019
Genre: Rock
Style: Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Garage Rock

TRACKS

01. Black Dog Keep Running 5:33
02. Blessed Is The Boogie 4:20
Harmonica – Howie Smallman
03. Looper 4:30
04. Run With Lucy 4:35
05. Ooh Poo Pah Doo 3:07
Written-By – Jess Hill
06. Sounds Of Gold 3:40
07. Evil People Pt.2 3:53
08. Not For Me 5:58
09. Cat On A Roof 5:18
10. The City Of Lights 6:42

LINE - UP

Lead Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Slide Guitar – Dom Mariani
Backing Vocals – Howie Shawcross
Bass – Stu Loasby
Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Warren Hall
Keyboards – Bob Patient
Written-By – Dom Mariani (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 10), Stu Loasby (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 10), Warren Hall (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 10)

NOTES

Tracks 7 and 10 are only available on the cd version. They are not on the LP

Flac Size: 334 MB

03. DATURA4 - WEST COAST HIGHWAY COSMIC 2020

With 2019's Blessed Is the Boogie, Western Australia's Datura4 brought blues-rock keyboardist Bob Patient (Dave Hole, DM3) to replace departing guitarist Greg Hitchcock. Despite its title, that record,

while not remotely subdued, was still less raucous than its two predecessors as the band integrated Patient into their sound. West Coast Highway Cosmic is titled for the 242-kilometer stretch of two-lane blacktop that runs along the southwest coast of Western Australia and bridges the recording studios Datura4 has utilized since recording Demon Blues back in 2015. In these ten new songs, guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Dom Mariani has thoroughly adapted to the wealth of dynamic, textural, and sonic possibilities Patient adds to his band's sound. That now-missing second guitar isn't remotely missed.

Datura4 – West Coast Highway Cosmic
Label: Alive Records – ALIVE0208
Format: CD, Album, Digi-Pack
Country: US
Released: Apr 17, 2020
Genre: Rock
Style: Classic Rock, Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock

TRACKS

01. West Coast Highway Cosmic 5:22
02. Wolfman Woogie 7:33
Harmonica – Howie Smallman
03. Mother Medusa 4:31
04. A Darker Shade Of Brown 2:00
05. You're The Only One 3:50
Harmonica – Howie Smallman
06. Rule My World 3:12
Harmonica – Howie Smallman
07. Give 4:20
08. You Be The Fool 4:17
Harmonica – Howie Smallman
09. Get Out 3:01
10. Evil People Pt1 5:56

LINE - UP

Lead Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Slide Guitar – Dom Mariani
Backing Vocals – Jozef Grech
Bass, Guitar – Stu Loasby
Drums, Percussion – Warren Hall
Organ [Hammond], Piano, Synthesizer [Moog] – Bob Patient
Written-By – Datura4

Flac Size: 277 MB

04. DATURA4 - NEANDERTHAL JAM 2022

West Australian boogie masters DATURA4 return with their highly anticipated fifth album, “Neanderthal

Jam”. Fronted by Dom Mariani of legendary Oz garage rockers The Stems (and an inducted of the West Australian Music Industry Awards Hall of Fame), “Neanderthal Jam” is packed with new tracks of psychedelicised blues and full-tilt heavy rock that were jammed out and recorded at their favourite south-west farmhouse studio. Full-tilt retro fun, it bounces along like a hippie hitchhiker after a really good night’s sleep, seems to finish…and then trips out for another half a minute or so of freakdom.

Datura4 – Neanderthal Jam
Label: Alive Records – ALIVE0223-2
Format: CD, Album, Stereo
Country: US
Released: 2022
Genre: Rock
Style: Psychedelic Rock, Blues Rock

TRACKS

01. Going Back To Hoonsville 6:00
02. Secret Society 3:11
03. Open The Line 4:17
Percussion – Richie Pavledis
Written-By – D. Mariani, W. Hall
04. Bad Times 5:24
05. Black Speakers 4:24
06. Neanderthal Jam 4:40
Harmonica – Howie Smallman
Written-By – B. Patient, D. Mariani
07. Hold My Life
Harmonica – Howie Smallman 3:05
08. A Worried Man's Boogie 5:16
Harmonica – Howie Smallman
09. Digging My Own Grave 3:26
10. Fish Fry 4:13
Percussion – Richie Pavledis
Written-By – B. Patient, D. Mariani, J. Grech
11. Drive-By Island 7:45
Pedal Steel Guitar – Luke Dux
Percussion – Richie Pavledis

LINE - UP

Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar, Slide Guitar, Bass – Dom Mariani
Bass – Stu Loasby
Drums – Warren Hall
Guitar, Bass, Vocals – Jozef Grech
Organ [Hammond], Electric Piano, Piano – Bob Patient
Written-By – D. Mariani (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 to 9, 11)

NOTES

CD issued in card sleeve with printed credits insert.
Contains two bonus tracks not on LP (tracks 10 and 11)

Flac Size: 326 MB

05. DATURA4 - INVISIBLE HITS 2023

Because Datura4 followers are eagerly awaiting a new full-length studio effort, the label and the band,

collectively, thought it to be a fantastic idea, and give Datura4 fandom a small collection of never-before-heard versions/out takes and grouping of songs that have never before been available on vinyl record, before now. The end of 2023 has given us a pseudo-new album by the band, and thus Invisible Hits is proving to be a great pacifier, in order to hold fans over, until we can get a new Datura4 full-length 'original material' album onto our turntables and into our CD players.

Datura4 – Invisible Hits
Label: Alive Records – ALIVE0229-1
Format: Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, Transparent blue vinyl
Country: US
Released: Nov 4, 2023
Genre: Rock
Style: Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock

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