AcidSitter Post New Single “Look at the Sun”; Second Album Coming This Fall
Knowing all of diddly squat about them beforehand, just what I’d read in the lineup announcement, I had the pleasure last summer of seeing Kraków, Poland-based heavy psych rockers AcidSitter in Croatia at Bear Stone Festival (review here). Playing on the small pavilion stage under a hot early July sun, they were a freaked out pleasure to witness. The kind of band you’d want to remember next time they were issuing an album, and well, here we are.
Due this Fall, AcidSitter will release the yet-untitled follow-up to their 2023 debut, Make Acid Great Again — which came out in Interstellar Smoke and I’m assuming I didn’t review because of the existential fatigue from all the ‘again-made-great’ going on in my home country and the resoundingly negative association therewith, but they were killer live, and I’ll allow that the context of the gag was probably much different in Poland than New Jersey. I got sidetracked. That’s how the bastards get you, but that’s not what’s happening here.
Whatever AcidSitter‘s second will be called, the duly bright “Look at the Sun” is the third single from it behind “Doomscroller’s Blues” and “Psychopomp.” Both of those are streaming below too, just for the hell of it. Each one gives kind of a different look around the lysergic foundation, and with all three, it seems like the record will have some scope to coincide with all its far-out thrust.
Dig:
AcidSitter – Polish-Japanese psychonats with a hippie summer anthem produced by Maciek Cieślak (Ścianka) ‘Look At The Sun’
Streaming: https://TheSource.lnk.to/LookAtTheSun
YT: https://youtu.be/eb8l-Z-E3Ak
Bandcamp: https://acidsitter.bandcamp.com/track/look-at-the-sun-radio-edit
AcidSitter are Polish-Japanese neo-psychonauts who explore the broad trend of psychedelia with rock’n’roll passion and stoner punk energy. They play a mixture of psych rock and garage rock with a modern twist.
‘Look At The Sun’ is a strange sequel to ‘When the Music’s Over’ by The Doors, but instead of falling silent, the music explodes anew. The song balances between soulful expression and the classic Motown sound, drawing on the energy of late 60s and 70s musicals – from Hair to Jesus Christ Superstar. The whole thing is bathed in psychedelic aesthetics, full of references and flashbacks to hits of the era.
“It’s a musical journey through the end of the world – full of light, memories and undying hope.” – AcidSitter says about their single ‘Look At The Sun’.
The new single is another announcement of AcidSitter’s new album after ‘Doomscroller’s Blues’ and ‘PSYCHOPOMP’ (both produced by Maciek Cieślak from the legendary polish band Ścianka). The premiere is planned for autumn this year.
The cover of the single was once again prepared by Croatian artist Lord Čardak (Čardak Studios).
AcidSitter debuted with the single ‘Sweat Dreams’, which was released by the Irish label Fuzzed Up & Astromoon Records. In 2023, they released their first album ‘Make Acid Great Again’ released by Interstellar Smoke Records. The album received rave reviews, and their concerts attracted crowds of fans. They played in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Poland, Slovakia, Croatia, the Netherlands, Germany and the Czech Republic. They could be heard at the Bear Stone Festival (Croatia), Helsinki Psych Fest, Red Smoke Festival and Soulstone Gathering in Poland, as well as at concerts with King Buffalo and Karkara.
AcidSitter:
Filip Franczak – bass (Fraktale, Tumbling Walls, Kaseciarz)
Rafał Klimczak – vocals, guitar, synths (NEAL, Neal Cassady)
Tetsuya Nara – guitar, backing vocals (Tumbling Walls)
Tomek Głuc – drums, handsonic (Neal Cassady, Nucleon)
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