Welcome back to our monthly update dedicated to the most lysergic and cosmic sounds in the Psychedelic Rock world. For the month of August, we have curated 10 new tracks for our annual Psych/Space/Krautrock playlist, ranging from modern Heavy Psych to precious archival rediscoveries.
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Here are the details for this month’s additions:
Nephila – “The Hidden Folk”
Taken from their highly anticipated second album “HULDRA” (set for release on August 28, 2026, via Majestic Mountain Records), “The Hidden Folk” highlights the Swedish band’s Melodic accessibility without sacrificing heaviness. The track showcases a striking contrast between Heavy Stoner Rock instrumentation and bright, almost Pop-inflected vocal lines, capturing a liminal space where human consciousness and Scandinavian natural folklore blur. [Read more about HULDRA]
Earth Tongue – “Dimly Lit Cadaver”
Berlin-based, New Zealand Heavy Psych duo Earth Tongue return to their horror roots with their new single and music video “Dimly Lit Cadaver,” originally written as a contribution to King Gizzard’s Field Of Vision compilation. Recorded and produced by Richard Behrens at Big Snuff Studio, the track serves as a spooky, Fuzz-drenched preview of the raw, high-energy chemistry that defines the duo. [Read more about Dimly Lit Cadaver]
HOL1D4Y – “Autonomatic”
Rival Sons guitarist Scott Holiday unveils “Autonomatic,” a Fuzz-soaked new single from his solo project HOL1D4Y, taken from the upcoming album “Topology” (due September 25th). Exploring our changing relationship with rapidly progressing technology and artificial intelligence, the track features Holiday singing lead for the first time, delivering a brilliant intersection of Psychedelic atmosphere, alternative music, and Progressive exploration. [Read more about Autonomatic]
The Black Wizards – “Beat”
Portuguese Psychedelic Rock powerhouse The Black Wizards share “Beat,” the fourth single from their upcoming album “Force Majeure & The Acts Of God” (arriving September 4, 2026). As the only track on the record built around a starting drumbeat, it offers a Heavy, “fuzzadelic” exploration of fragility and individuality, reminding us that there is beauty in diversity and love in equality. [Read more about Beat]
Kavus Torabi – “Water Into Wine”
Taken from his upcoming third solo album “October By Name” (releasing October 2nd via Believers Roast), “Water Into Wine” is a disarmingly catchy, bittersweet yet optimistic reverie. Reflecting Torabi’s current Space Rock headspace, the song stands proudly in the lineage of classic British Psychedelic pathfinders like Syd Barrett, Robyn Hitchcock, and Julian Cope, exploring change and destiny with celestial, otherworldly grace. [Read more about Water Into Wine]
The Spacelords – “Uranus Omnibus Sanctus”
Legendary German Psychedelic Space Rock trio The Spacelords announce their 9th studio album with its title-track and first video single, “Uranus Omnibus Sanctus” (releasing September 18th via Tonzonen Records). Co-authored in high-fidelity stoner production with the legendary Eroc and enriched by Didi Holzner’s floating organ veils, the track is a masterclass in astral wisdom and hypnotic, deep-sea Space Rock grooves. [Read more about Uranus Omnibus Sanctus]
Farfisa – “Tinnitus”
Featured on Manchester trio Farfisa‘s newly released Space Rock epic “Cosmodrome” (via Sour Grapes Records), “Tinnitus” is a captivating plunge into deep shoegaze territory. The track blends biological and visceral imagery of rebirth with dilated space travel themes, enveloping the listener in a warm, slow-pulsing web of arpeggiated guitar modulations and soaring, intertwined vocals. [Read more about Cosmodrome]
hijss – “S.W.A.N.”
Representing “Syndrome Without A Name,” “S.W.A.N.” is the crushing new single and music video from Northern Italian “Kosmo Kraut” trio hijss, ahead of their self-titled album releasing September 18th via Heavy Psych Sounds. The track starts slow, Heavy-heated, and repetitive before seamlessly evolving into a Cosmic, Kraut-infused Psychedelic trip fueled by a fierce Punk attitude. [Read more about S.W.A.N.]
Acid Rooster – “Irrlichter Live”
Leipzig instrumental Kraut/Psychedelic powerhouse Acid Rooster offer a raw, spontaneous preview of their upcoming live album “Live At Fuzz Club Festival 2025” (out October 9th via Fuzz Club Records) with a live rendition of “Irrlichter.” Captured late-night in Eindhoven, the track is a massive collision of driving motorik Kraut rhythms, expansive Psych-Rock jams, and towering walls of Fuzz. [Read more about Irrlichter Live]
Lily – “Pinky Pigs”
As part of Bacillus Records’ archival initiative on Bandcamp, the 1973 Progressive-Jazz classic “V.C.U. (We See You)” by Frankfurt group Lily has been unearthed, with “Pinky Pigs” serving as a perfect highlight of their sound. Rooted in the early German Krautrock scene, the track features Hans-Werner Steinberg’s prominent, Experimental saxophone work layered over a powerful rhythm section and adventurous, Jazz-Rock arrangements. [Read more about V.C.U. (We See You)]