Eye - Out of Body (2018)

Eye comes to us from Russia thickly veiled in a shroud of mystery - even the cover of their new album "Out of Body" is a cryptic bramble of dim neon contours hiding in the darkness - but the sound they bring is unambiguously heavy. They've arisen from the underground to ensnare all who will listen by playing psychedelic stoner-doom with dual male/female vocals and just the right kind of twists to turn your mind into mush. The first track ("Transformation") brings in the battering ram of doom and starts banging at the gates - first slowly in majestic arcs then faster and more frantically - until your ears are blown out and your head is full of static. Once you're on the ground with fuzz pouring out of your ears, then things start to get trippy as the second track begins swirling in extra psychedelic wind-swept desert sounds and eastern influence into the mix. The next two tracks ("Moment Balans" and "Smoke Weed") see the band fighting with their stoner instincts as songs shift seamlessly between slow, cosmic head spaces and spicy, driven beats. On the last song ("Circle of Suffering") Eye starts to get ethereal as though the band has expended the last of their mortality and now they're able to ascend into the night sky to spread their sound among the stars. And so just as they came, now they go, leaving us with an important lesson: if your eye comes out of body... you don't have to put it back in, 'cause this shit is awesome! -Brandon