
Norman, Oklahoma based Heavy Psych/Prog Rock collective Rainbows Are Free will release their fourth full-length album “Silver And Gold” on March 07, 2025 via Ripple Music.
Watch the official music video for the first single “Sleep” through the YouTube player below:
Rainbows Are Free’s sonic pedigree appears on the Rock’n’Roll family tree at the point where proto-Metal and Heavy Psychedelia shared a common apocryphal ancestor before branching off into their own distinct lineages. Their fourth studio record “Silver And Gold” is a dark-tinged, Heavy offering that immediately conjures a sense of foreboding right out of the gates – a comforting dreariness that the band embraces to channel their sonic attack. They are at peace here, if not at home.
The sonic assault continues as the band pummels the listener with crunchy guitars erupting into explosive leads that ride upon a driving rhythm section, held together by a lattice of spacey synth and guitar atmospherics. Rainbows Are Free’s soundscape is further cemented by lead singer Brandon Kistler’s soaring, crooning, and at times snarling, vocal fury. In all, the Heavy Psych alchemy at work on the album is apparent in their multi-faceted sound that spins Proggy riffs, sexy groove magick, garage Surf Rock, and even a Death Metal inspired ripper into “Silver And Gold” as a varied, but cohesive listening experience.
About the new single “Sleep,” vocalist Brandon Kistler comments: “Lyrically, it’s pretty straight ahead, and I’m most proud of the chorus for its honesty about society today and how we perceive it. It’s very relatable to how I felt at the time. My favorite line is, “We can’t let it break, no it can’t be broke.” I’m referring to society as a whole, and I was thinking about my children and the future of that society when I ad-libbed that line… we have to make it work.”
Rainbows Are Free “Silver And Gold” out March 7th on Ripple Music (LP/CD/digital) International Pre-Order –North American Pre-Order
Rainbows Are Free formed in late 2007 as the conglomerate of several long-time Heavy Rock bands from Norman, OK. In February 2008, they self-released an eponymous demo EP featuring the track “Are You Dead,” which catapulted the band into the burgeoning heavy psych scene of the era. A year later they began work on a full-length album, “Believers In Medicine,” which was released in April 2010 on Guestroom Records Records (GRR). They followed up with their second album on GRR in 2014 with the release of “Waves Ahead Of The Ocean.” In 2019 Rainbows saw an international release with their fourth studio offering, “Head Pains,” on Italian Doom/Stoner/Sludge label Argonauta Records (Arenzano, GE), followed by a live retrospective album in 2023 with the release of “Heavy Petal Music” on California-based Heavy Psych/Stoner/Doom juggernauts, Ripple Music.
Often appearing in costumed stage dress, the band, fronted by the soaring and snarling nigh 7-foot cyclone of weirdness that is Brandon Kistler, continues to shock and amaze fans by introducing an element of good-humored theatrics to accompany their live sonic assault. This is achieved in no small part due to the guitar prowess and songwriting of Richie Tarver, joined by the ambient soundscapes of Joey Powell on rhythm guitar and Josh Elam on spacey synth, and rounded out by the thunderous low end of Jason Smith on bass and Bobby Onspaugh on drums.
Rainbows Are Free continue to bring their unique brand of Psychedelic heaviness on tour as they support the release of their upcoming studio album, “Silver And Gold,” due out Spring of 2025 on Ripple Music.
Tracklist:
01. Your Girl
02. Runnin’ With A Friend Of The Devil
03. Solar Flare
04. Sleep 04:34
05. Hide
06. The Light
07. Dirty
08. Fade Away
09. The Gift
Lineup:
Brandon Kistler / Vocals
Richie Tarver / Lead Guitar
Jason Smith / Bass
Joey Powell / Rhythm Guitar
Bobby Onspaugh / Drums
Josh Elam / Synths