Game on: Frankie and the Witch Fingers bringing psych-punk sound to Sister

Come party with Frankie and the Witch Fingers at Sister Bar.

“I’m just excited to come to Albuquerque and meet everybody,” Nikki Pickle, bassist for Frankie and the Witch Fingers, said. “And hope we all get to that party together.”

The band recently debuted a new album, “Trash Classic,” alongside a video game paired with their new song, “Gutter Priestess.”

The group thought “maybe we could do a video game instead of a music video, like, that might be a fun, interesting way to premiere the song that people won’t expect,” Pickle said. “And it came out really good.”

The video game and song have received a lot of positive attention from fans, according to Pickle.

“People are really psyched about it. I think that fans of the band tend to also be fans of video games and like gaming in general,” Pickle said. “So we had a contest where people who got the highest score … could win a press pass.”

During the contest, Pickle says that the band received numerous entries and videos from players who had played the game, and ultimately, the two players chosen had accumulated over 399,000 points in the game.

“We’re hidden in the game. You have to rescue each one of the band members. And people were writing us, like, ‘Where’s John? I can’t find Dylan,’” Pickle said. “And then my dog is in the video game.”

The band is going on tour and will make a stop in Albuquerque on Sunday, July 27. Pickle says she likes touring because of the fans.

“My favorite thing about touring is getting to meet people and talk to them face to face,” Pickle said. “Because, you just talk to people on the internet, but when you’re actually in the city, people come out and you get to chat with them after the show.”

Pickle says she hopes the music the band creates can help connect people and draw them to the shows.

“I hope that they like the music and they find some sort of connection to that. And then want to come see it live,” Pickle said. “And then I hope that when they develop a connection to us as humans, and want to keep coming back so we can be friends.”

Frankie and the Witch Fingers have performed in Albuquerque before.

“I love coming back to the desert and passing through that region. The people are amazing. The food is really great,” Pickle said. “This landscape around you is gorgeous. It’s really interesting.”

She says that the atmosphere at a Frankie and the Witch Fingers’ concert is crazy and fun.

“It’s usually like people flying through the air. People dressed up in lots of neon,” Pickle said. “I would say the atmosphere is like a fun, happy party with lots and lots of loud music.”

Frankie and the Witch Fingers bringing psych-punk sound to Sister