This Blinding Light may come off to some as a tough pill to swallow. Their droning psychedelic anthems of esoteric ritualism are bound to rub people the wrong way; accusations of pretension are an accepted risk inherent in high-concept music. But those who think This Blinding Light is full of it will be sorely disappointed: the band stands by and believes in precisely what they sing.

“We both are practitioners of esoteric spirituality,” says Lance Watkins, referring to himself and Michael Sterling, the band’s co-founders.

“To some people it just looks like performance art, but for those who know what’s actually happening, they would see that we’re doing something that has roots to it.”

Watkins and Sterling met a few years back in the music scene while performing in, respectively, Hypatia Lake and Joy Wants Eternity. They’re not new to high-concept music — Hypatia Lake performs songs from the points of view of residents in a fictitious town, while Joy Wants Eternity spins post-rock atmospheres akin to Mogwai and Explosions in the Sky. Their bond over philosophy and spirituality made their union a natural fit.

This Blinding Light has plans to prepare an album and is currently flirting with a couple record companies, though the album’s form has yet to be determined. The band’s spacey, fuzzed-out epics are impeccably suited for the long-form stage of the LP. It’s the stuff that nights spent lying on the floor in the dark of one’s home, incense smoldering in the background, were made for. The band is busy readying for a tour down the West Coast, where they’ll be met in fields and clubs, onstage and in houses, by crowds of revelers wading in the hazy din of the spirit. This music was intended for them — to force them to look into the light.

[The New Frontier Lounge, This Blinding Light, with Levator, Trip the Light Fantastic, Thursday, Sept. 3, 9 p.m., $5, 301 E. 25th St., Tacoma, 253.572.4020]p.m., $5, 301 E. 25th Street, Tacoma, 253.572.4020]