Photo by Andrea Casagranda
Generation Ship: Endless Drift Through Infinity, the debut full-length from psychedelic desert rock conjurors DESERT COLLIDER is currently streaming in its absorbing entirety. The premiere comes on the eve of the recordâs official release Friday March 6th via Small Stone Recordings.
Drawing inspiration from the hypnotic grooves of the ’90s desert rock scene, the Italian four-piece blends elements of stoner, metal, space rock, and progressive rock with subtle psychedelic undertones to forge an expansive and immersive sound. Echoes of Kyuss, Lowrider, Monster Magnet, and Yawning Man give rise to a compact and determined sound that evolves into a loud stoner style that is at once both raw and sophisticated, balancing monolithic riffs with deep, atmospheric textures and a sense of cosmic storytelling.
After a year of relentless experimentation, DESERT COLLIDER entered Stone Bridge Studios to lay down their debut full-length, Generation Ship: Endless Drift Through Infinity. Produced and mixed by Andrea Cola and mastered by Karl Daniel Lidén (Lowrider, Dozer), the album features eight tracks that revolve around themes of self-loss and rediscovery, a yearning for the primordial, and the inner journey as the sole mission and pathway to redemption. Shifting between heaviness and atmospheric passages, the album adds to modern psych-stoner rock arrangements with intricate soundscape through the use of synths and acoustic interludes. Additionally, the album draws conceptual inspiration from the themes and ideas explored by [science fiction novelist] Robert A. Heinlein in his Orphans Of The Sky.
Stream DESERT COLLIDERâs Generation Ship: Endless Drift Through Infinity HERE.
Generation Ship: Endless Drift Through Infinity features additional strings and string arrangements on “ThumpeRRRâ and “Far Centaurus: Drifting Without Guidance Through Interstellar Spaceâ by Andrea Cola, artwork and design by Francesca Santini, and layout by Alexander von Wieding.
The record will be released on CD and digital formats as well as limited 180g vinyl (200 units on Amber Sandstorm).
Find preorders at the Small Stone Bandcamp page HERE.
Fans of Dozer, Black Elephant, Kyuss, Monster Magnet, and the like, pay heed.
“Itâs everything the overly long title of the album promises, a wonderland of lazy, fuzzed-out riffs, mind-tweaking sonic explorations and sci-fi weirdness. And the blissed-out heaviness these dudes are laying down feels like an Italian Kyuss-Hawkwind mash-up.â â Decibel Magazine on âThumpeRRRâ
âI don’t usually spend much time with music that bleeds into stoner music, but DESERT COLLIDER is different. The base layer is comprised of thick, molten guitars oozing from the speakers like a pyroclastic flow on top of which are progressive and atmospheric melodies and subdued vocals, all of which fold you into their embrace. It can be a bit trippy at times, casting your mind into scenes of lonely caravans crossing trackless deserts, but shifting that setting to the emptiness of interstellar space for a subtle twist. The heavy reverb of Black Sabbath and Trouble is certainly in DESERT COLLIDER‘s DNA, as are proto-metal progenitors like Led Zeppelin and Hawkwind along with newer bands like Elder.” â Metal Crypt
“â¦an adventurous and brilliantly heavy journey into the far reaches of modern-day psych stoner rock/metal that youâll find very hard to beat⦠a must have⦔ â Outlaws Of The Sun
âAn extensive debut that almost defies expectations and always knows the right moves to make, itâs in the whole of this effort that we see talent unbound with the passion to keep it all fun and engaging in such a form thatâs simply overwhelming at times. When in the right hands, we can be given something astounding. For all that happens within the stellar grandeur of Generation Ship: Endless Drift Through Infinity, one cannot help but know that DESERT COLLIDERâs hands are undoubtedly the right ones.” â Headbanger Reviews
DESERT COLLIDER:
Federico Costanzo â guitars, vocals, percussion, synthesizers
Federico Gianfanti â vocals, synthesizers
Manuel Colucci â bass
Andrea Casagranda â drums, percussion
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