Pink Breath Of Heaven inject psychedelia to SXSW 2026

Over the years, Gen Z’s catapulted culture and music that was synonymous in the 90s back in to the mainstream. Vintage t-shirts from Mazzy Star, Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana and The Cranberries fetch hundreds of euros. The Shoegaze and Grunge sound have surged in popularity with emerging bands. Although, one genre that hasn’t had the same romantic reimagining is the classic psychedelic rock revival sound. The Dandy Warhols, The Warlocks, and The Brian Jonestown Massacre were trailblazers of the 60s revivalism of the 90s.

“I moved to San Francisco 3 or 4 years ago and immediately when I got there, I really got in to Brian Jonestown Massacre,” Liv Field, singer of Pink Breath Of Heaven, ebulliently confesses.

“There’s such a history with that band [BJM] and that whole psych rock movement that happened in the 60s.”

Originally growing up in Austin, she moved to San Francisco 4 years ago. Liv reflects on how the city’s history of the genre with the likes of Jefferson Airplane and Janis Joplin informed the band’s sound.

“I got totally obsessed with the psych rock movement. San Francisco was a huge influence on me, but I think I was a huge influence on the sound working with Rex Shelverton [guitarist].

“He’s from here, he grew up here, he spent his whole life here. The combination of me coming to San Francisco, and him having that San Francisco stable energy his whole life, it created this unique combination of music and sound.

“But, I definitely still have some Texas in me for sure, that informs the music 100%,” Liv quips.

Along with the city’s history with the psychedelic movement, it’s also synonymous with political movements. Does that influence Pink Breath Of Heaven?

“I dont like to include politics in our music, ever,” she confides. “I mainly focus on a feeling of taping into the otherness deep down of who we truly are, which is not separate.

“Politics is the easiest way to feel separate from other people and that’s the opposite of what I’m trying to do. I try to make people feel connected to other people and I feel politics does the opposite. At least nowadays.

“Politics now is polarising and it didn’t used to be that way. I dunno, maybe it did always feel that way. I think for my music, I like to remind people of a feeling, and that feeling is who we essentially are.

“I want to connect with people. The more I’m playing, the more I’m realising it’s not about me at all. It’s completely about the people I’m effecting. I feel that speaking with people after shows, and I’m slowly realising it’s not about me at all.

Her adopted city has had a lot of negative press since Covid 2020. The singer reflects on her feelings living there.

“No matter what happens to San Francisco, it will never be forgotten,” Liv continues.

“I think it’s because that there’s this divine beauty about San Francisco that will never go away. It will always be there. You can feel it, you can smell it, you see it everywhere you go. There’s nothing that could stop San Francisco from being this beautiful gawking monument. Most of San Francisco is beautiful and safe, there’s certain areas that are pretty gnarly. I try to look at the best in every situation. To think that humans could possibly be perfect is the most insane thing in the world.”

Catch Pink Breath Of Heaven on tour in Europe & UK this summer.

Listen to their debut album, Colors Make A Sound, on streaming platforms.