Polish progressive heavy psychedelic rockers Weedpecker will release their fifth full-length, called simply V, on Feb. 27, 2026, as their first offering through Heavy Psych Sounds. For those who’ve followed the band’s creative growth across their up-till-now four LPs — the latest of them, IV: The Stream of Forgotten Thoughts (review here), came out in 2021 — the realizations contained in the six songs/40 minutes of the new album will feel like reasonable extrapolations, but I’m not sure Weedpecker have ever been as lush or as purposefully directed as they feel in “Fading Whispers” below.

The post-intro lead cut on Weedpecker‘s V makes a hell of a first single, topping 11 minutes as it does, but Weedpecker have no reason to be cagey about what they’re doing at this point — they know they can hold a listener for that long, and they do it by making the shifting movements immersive and multifaceted. Keys and guitar blend together to create a sprawl that the quieter opening only hints toward, and by the time they’re blowing out the fuzzy chug 10 minutes later in the track’s vital crescendo, they’ve undertaken a journey worthy of prefacing the rest of the record that follows.

And I’ll hope to have a review of that record — “Ash” could be another single; or “Mirrors,” which hits hardest of the bunch on first blush — sometime between now and February, but for today, enjoy “Fading Whispers” on the player below and the album info from the PR wire:

Weedpecker, “Fading Whispers” premiere

Piotr Dobry on V:

“I started writing the songs for V at the beginning of 2023, and the demos were finished by the end of that year. While creating this material, I kept returning to one thought: everything we take for granted — everything that feels stable and permanent — is, in reality, incredibly fragile. Nothing lasts forever, and the sense of things slipping away can hit much sooner than we expect. I tried to translate those feelings into sound. At that time, a lot of difficult things were happening in my life, things I didn’t know how to cope with. Music became a form of therapy — a way to process emotions I couldn’t express in any other way.

“In early 2024, we began working through the songs together as a full band. After finalizing the arrangements, we spent the rest of the year recording them. The process stretched over many months, split into several sessions across different studios. I didn’t want to rush anything. I wanted, as always, to refine every detail the best we possibly could. Soon you’ll be able to hear the result for yourselves. For me, this album is something deeply personal. It’s an act of opening up to anyone who chooses to listen — a glimpse into things I can’t fully describe with words, into what I felt and who I became during that period. I’m incredibly happy that together with my friends from the band, we’ve created another record. What comes next… time will tell.”

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Tracklisting:
1. Intro
2. Fading Whispers
3. Ash
4. In the Dark We Shine
5. Mirrors
6. The Last Summer of Youth

Additional guitars: Bartłomiej Dobry
Drums recorded at: Sound of Records Studio by Mikołaj Kiciak Guitars & bass recorded at: Wieloślad Studio by Bartłomiej Dobry & Haldor Gruenberg
Vocals & synths recorded at: our rehearsal space
Mix & Master: Haldor Gruenberg (Satanic Audio)
Artwork: Maciej Kamuda
All songs composed by Piotr Dobry

Weedpecker:
Piotr Dobry – Guitars / Vocals / Synths
Zbigniew Promiński – Drums
Piotr Kuks – Bass
Piotr Sadza – Synths
Tomasz Walczak – Synths

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Weedpecker, IV: The Stream of Forgotten Thoughts (2021)

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