The Re-Stoned to Release Dreams From the Outside – Stories of the Astral Lizard Vol. 3 Oct. 17
I’ll readily admit it’s been a while since I last checked in with Russian heavy psych explorers The Re-Stoned, enough so that their new album, fully-titled Dreams From the Outside – Stories of the Astral Lizard Vol. 3, is my first encounter with the saga in-progress. This ain’t Pokemon and you can’t catch ’em all, but in their R.A.I.G.-label days, llya Lipkin and company were consistently on the cutting edge of heavy psych-prog, and their outwardly-directed verve seems to have stayed with them for the duration.
To wit, the released-as-a-single-earlier-this-year “The Loom,” which you can stream at the bottom of this post. All the more cause to be glad to be reintroduced. There’s mellow fluidity and directed jamminess, a core chug and expansion therearound. It is contemplative in an expanse, and if you worry that, oh hey, this is part-three of a story and you’re just stepping in, the band are instrumental. If you have ears and can groove, you’ll be able to keep up.
The PR wire brought the following:
The Re-Stoned – The Astral Lizard Saga Continues with Their Twelfth Album
“Dreams From The Outside – Stories Of The Astral Lizard Vol. 3” is the twelfth studio album by The Re-Stoned, continuing the saga of “Stories Of The Astral Lizard”.
Out October 17th (Vinyl+CD, Digital)
This time, the band pushed further by blending electroacoustic experiments with their signature electric sound, slightly less heavy yet retaining its power. The album unveils new psychedelic landscapes, cosmic jams, powerful riffs, and cryptic revelations from the Astral Ally.
The recording process took a year and a half: from a bold initial idea to its final realization. Some tracks existed as demos for years, while others emerged spontaneously during improvisational sessions. It was a fascinating journey: searching for fresh textures, unexpected collaborations, and moments of pure creative inspiration.
THE RE-STONED is an instrumental power trio, which is generally considered by many as a ‘psychedelic stoner rock’ underground act because of the band’s remarkable heavily fuzzed guitar sound, that is empowered by confident old-school muscular riffing with strong psychedelic vibes.
The band was founded in 2008 by Ilya Lipkin, a composer and a guitarist. Since 2021, he has been an ambassador of Orange Amplification.
‘It was sort of a deliberate Re-turn of myself to the music I’d always loved to play and listen to’ – that’s how Ilya clarified his motives behind starting the band, which quickly became rather well-known worldwide and noted by many listeners with various music tastes.
Since the sound of The Re-Stoned was initially inspired by hard rock classics without any strong style bias, the band could soon acquire sincere attention of many classic rock, acid folk, psychedelic rock, traditional doom, stoner enthusiasts and many of those, who just sympathized with the old-school-revivalist’s spirit of The Re-Stoned.
A strictly limited vinyl edition of only 300 copies is available on multicolour splattered wax and includes a CD version of the full 12 track album! Details here: https://kozmik-shop.com/search/?qs=re-stoned
Tracklist (CD & digital):
1 Sleeping on the Emerald Throne
2 Lotos
3 Spiral Jam
4 Saikhshya Sakhyash
5 Elliptic Flowers *
6 The Loom
7 Ostara
8 Stellar Kaleidoskope *
9 Bad Stone
10 Myth *
11 Prizmatic Snowflake
12 Lizard Footprint #2 *
* these tracks are not available on the vinyl record, but all vinyl copies include a CD version of the full 12 track album!
THE RE-STONED are:
llya Lipkin – guitars, effects
Vladimir Kislyakov – bass
Eugeniy Kudryashov – drum
