Smote - Hlaf // video

First video single from the upcoming album "Genog" from Smote. It will be out March 10th via Rocket Recordings. Psych-folk goodness.

The Utopia Strong - Shepherdess

The Utopia Strong is a band founded in 2017 by three musicians and DJs from the UK (Steve Davis, Kavus Torabi and Mike York). "Shepherdess" is the first single from their sophomore album "International Treasure", which is due on June 5th via Rocket Recordins. The cut sits somewhere between psychedelic downtempo and exotica of Seahawks and ambient lushness and choral chants of Julianna Bardwick. I'm looking forward to the full LP. You can pre-order it here.

Smote - Drommon

Smote is a psych-rock project of multi-instrumentalist Daniel Foggin, out of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. I came across his "Drommon" LP a few weeks back while browsing records at Rough Trade East, and man what a glorious ride it is. Psychedelic, almost ritual odyssey with folk undertones, that instantly made me think of early Haxan Cloak vs Hawkwind combo, 100% up my alley. The vinyl edition of the album, put together by Rocket Recordings, consists of two 15-min long tracks that were originally released on tape via Base Materialism in April, and two bonus cuts squeezed in between (you can check out the video for one of them, "Hauberk", below).

"Drommon" can be still ordered directly from the label here, and streamed in full below.