Ever wondered what it’s like spending time in the studio with Sydney’s premier doom/psych outfit?

For us, there was more a sense of relief than excitement when Northern Beaches quintet Turtle Skull dropped ‘Rabbit’ back in April. Having been two years since the release of their self-titled debut, we’ve been itching to get a taste of what the hippies of the doom scene had been concocting – and it was well worth the wait.

The first single from their forthcoming record Monoliths, the tune is a wash of hypnotic guitar riffs, fuzzed-out jams and spacey vocal harmonies with an outro that you won’t be able to do away with for sometime (even if you wanted to). It’s a triumphant return that serves as a swift reminder that these guys are the realest deal in the psych world at the moment. Lyrically, the song takes aim at Australia’s abysmal response to the refugee crisis and lack of compassion when it comes to helping the world’s most vulnerable.

“It’s about Australia’s terrible track record of dealing with refugees,” vocalist/guitarist Dean McLeod says. “It’s something we feel pretty strongly about. Australia is a giant country with seemingly infinite wealth and space, yet we continually ignore our legal and moral obligation to provide assistance to some of the people on this Earth who need it the most. It’s an unfortunate situation that the government and the media have created a false narrative to further their own interests.”

The video, which was captured during the recording process, follows the band as they recording the track in the studio, giving an insight into what it’s like for a group like this to watch a song bloom in front of them. Of course, it also shows that they are some chilled-out MFs. Head to their Bandcamp to pre-order Monoliths now and stay tuned for TS shows, which hopefully aren’t too far away!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRoJOisjA2c&feature=youtu.be