It’ll be 18 shows in a row when Psychlona hit the road next March, and if that sounds like a lot, for sure it is. Of course, the UK heavy/desert rockers are no strangers to such undertakings, but still. That’s as much a lifestyle as it is a tour, even in Europe, where there’s a chance someone will feed them along the way.

The band led by founding guitarist/vocalist Phil Hey released their latest LP, Warped Vision (review here), just about a year ago (Sept. 27, 2024) through Magnetic Eye, and if it needs to be said, the album has lost none of its warmth of groove or tone in that time. Reportedly, though, they’ll have new tunes along for the trip on this tour, and presumably that hammering-out-of-things-on-stage will be followed by a swing though the studio. And since it’s Psychlona, emphasis there on “swing.”

Kudos to the band on punk-rocking the tour schedule intensity, and here’s looking forward to new material. I won’t be there (unless somebody wants to help my family flee this country; now accepting donations), but I’ll keep an eye out for video. And if Spring seems like a ways off, Psychlona will support The Obsessed on tour next month as well. Those dates (and poster) are below.

The band sent the following own the PR wire:

PSYCHLONA – March 2026 EU Tour

We’re stoked to announce we’ll be crossing the channel once again back to our spiritual home mainland Europe in march 2026 for an 18 date headline tour. Working again with our good friends at Sound of Liberation we’ll be taking in Germany, Austria. Netherlands, Switzerland and Belgium. Hot off the back of our tour with The Obsessed we’re hoping to see a whole lot of friendly faces in some familiar cities/venues but also we’re hitting a few new locations for the first time. Expect a lot of old classics with a healthy dose of new songs thrown into the mix. Details of supports etc to follow.

See ya there…………………

Psychlona European Spring Tour 2026
04.03 NL Nijmegen Doornroosje
05.03 NL Rotterdam Baroeg
06.03 DE Köln Garagen
07.03 DE Münster Rare Guitar
08.03 DE Hamburg Hafenklang (Goldener Salon)
09.03 DE Berlin Neue Zukunft
10.03 DE Hannover Cafe Glocksee
11.03 DE Dresden Chemie Fabrik
12.03 DE Jena KuBa
13.03 AT Salzburg Rockhouse Bar
14.03 CH Winterthur Gaswerk
15.03 DE München Backstage
16.03 DE Bamberg Live Club
17.03 DE Stuttgart Goldmarks
18.03 DE Karlsruhe Stadtmitte
19.03 DE Aachen Musikbunker
20.03 DE Weinheim Cafe Central
21.03 BE Namur Belvédère

Psychlona – Fall 2025 European Tour w/ The Obsessed
01.10.25 (DE) Wiesbaden, Schlachthof
02.10.25 (DE) Ulm, Roxy
03.10.25 (DE) Würzburg, Keep It True Festival
04.10.25 (DE) Karlsruhe, Stadtmitte
05.10.25 (CH) Pratteln, Up In Smoke Festival
06.10.25 (IT) Milano, Legend
08.10.25 (AT) Vienna, Arena
09.10.25 (AT) Innsbruck, P.M.K.
10.10.25 (HR) Zagreb, Mochvara
11.10.25 (DE) Munich, Keep It Low Festival
12.10.25 (DE) Leipzig, UT Connewitz
13.10.25 (DE) Berlin, Zukunft
15.10.25 (DE) Cologne, Volta
16.10.25 (DE) Bielefeld, Forum
18.10.25 (NL) Deventer, Burgerweeshuis
20.10.25 (UK) Bradford, The Underground
21.10.25 (UK) Manchester, Star & Garter

Line-up
Ian ‘Izak’ Buxton – bass guitar
Scott Frankling – drums
Phil Hey – guitar, vocals
Martin Wiseman – lead guitar, backing vocals

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Psychlona, Warped Vision (2024)

“Magic Carpet” — for which UK desert-style heavy rockers Psychlona have an extra-classy, sharply-dressed new video posted below — is the closing track on the band’s new album, Warped Vision, which is out Sept. 27 through Magnetic Eye. If a hazy, slow-moving cloud could also be a monolith, that might come close to capturing some essence of the mood between “Smoke” and “Topanga” spread throughout the 45-minute eight-tracker, which is the band’s fourth overall and first for the new label. They have been through some lineup changes since 2022’s Palo Verde (review here), bringing in Martin Wiseman as guitarist/backing vocalist and adding bassist Ian “Izak” Buxton to the rhythm section alongside drummer Scott Frankling, and while there’s some inevitable shift in dynamic as a result, they remain fueled by the riffage of founding guitarist/vocalist Phil Hey. To date, Psychlona have never wanted for consistency. Warped Vision rocks accordingly; heavy and able to lean into and out of psychedelic nuance built around solid verse/chorus structures. Those who followed the Bradford-based outfit from 2018’s Mojo Rising (discussed here) and 2020’s Venus Skytrip (review here) through Palo Verde will both know what to expect and be pleasantly surprised by the way Warped Vision goes exploring, approaching new ground on sure footing.

The two halves of the record play well off each other in purpose. Opener “Jasmine” has its quirk but is ultimately a straight-ahead desert rock banger with marked swing in Frankling‘s drums and a welcome post-Kyuss shove in the verse. “Let’s Go,” which follows immediately, keeps this urgency in a double-time hi-hat through the quiet guitar intro, and is comfortable in an uptempo pace, laid back despite the significant density of the fuzz, lyrics presented in void-bound echoes, catchy and reminiscent of ’90s Britpsych revivalism without losing the capital-‘h’ Heavy quotient in its sound. On the other side of “Smoke,” “Cut Loose” will wrap side A with similar targets in its sights, a more metallic nod maybe to go with its sense of space, but a nod just the same. But it’s in “Smoke” that the departure from the opening salvo really happens; a mellower and more drifting semi-‘gaze feel that makes the most of Hey‘s vocals atmospherically as it sets up the transition to more grounded push in its final third.

Side B functions almost the same, only different (ha). The aforementioned “Topanga” opens and seems all about crunch and twist initially — one is reminded of latter-day Snail in the breadth of its chorus — but shifts after 4:30 into a comedown march topped with jammy strum, and the trade between drift and drive becomes even more stark on “Kaleidoscope” as the four-piece bring a sinister undercurrent forward in the guitar that’s consuming but not necessarily aggressive in terms of sounding pissed off, especially with the spoken recitations of the verse. They find their pocket, and whether a given part is loud or quiet, it’s all loud in spirit. Fluid in its changes, “Kaleidoscope” is a highlight like “Topanga” before it, but Psychlona have vibe-expansion to offer with “Split,” essentially flipping the balance of “Smoke” on its stoner rocking head and thereby lending an even more open impression to what’s Warped Vision‘s longest inclusion (not by a ton) at 6:18, with fuller tonality takes hold for a consuming finish.

This, then, is the setup that precedes “Magic Carpet,” and if it seems odd that a band with so many songs about weedy living would don tuxedos in the video that follows, you’ll probably never see me in tails, but I get where they’re coming from in thinking it’s an occasion for which it’s worth getting dressed up. The jazzy drums at the outset and floaty guitar give over to a vital roll in the hook, underscoring the flexibility Psychlona foster as they play to style in a vision of classic-style desert-hued psychedelic heavy rock. It’s not the most intuitive of singles — which only adds to the appeal in my mind, especially since the record’s out — but “Magic Carpet” doesn’t need to be as immediate as “Jasmine” for where it is on the record, and by the time it gets to its layered-solo apex, it’s a party either way. If the story of Psychlona has been about songwriting since the days of Mojo Rising, well, it still is, but the scope of that has grown duly encompassing over the last eight years.

If you find yourself swept up in “Magic Carpet” — shades of Steppenwolf — the best advice I can give you is to hit play on the album stream near the bottom of the post and go back to the start with “Jasmine” and “Let’s Go,” both prior singles. I’m sure you’ve heard the record already because you’re cooler than I am and you always have been — the magic is in you, whether or not you’re a carpet — but should you end up using the clip as a catalyst for further visitation to Psychlona‘s vivid-color slice of reality, I think that’s the idea in the first place.

Enjoy:

Psychlona, “Magic Carpet” official video

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“’Magic Carpet’ was a jazzy guitar piece Martin brought along to rehearsal one day. The riff just sounded cool and upbeat so we brought it down with some dark lyrics, but gave it some welly with a mega-riff in the second half. This one should get the pit going – then it’ll be goodnight from us.” — Phil Hey/Psychlona

Recorded and produced by Andy Hawkins at the Nave Studios, Leeds, UK
Video filmed at Sunbridge Wells and Voltage Studios, Bradford.
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Directed & Edited by Tim Walker
Camera by Nick Taylor

Line-up
Ian ‘Izak’ Buxton – bass guitar
Scott Frankling – drums
Phil Hey – guitar, vocals
Martin Wiseman – lead guitar, backing vocals

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Perhaps if you were at Stoned From the Underground this past weekend in Germany you’d have been fortunate enough to catch UK heavy rockers Psychlona heralding the upcoming release of their fourth album overall and first through Magnetic Eye Records, Warped Vision. If not there, maybe Desertfest London back in May? If not, best I can tell you is wait your turn, they’ll get around to you eventually. There’s only so many places you can be at one time.

On that note, I’ll cop to being a couple weeks behind on posting word of Warped Vision‘s impending Sept. 27 arrival. I’m also a couple weeks behind on everything else in life, so rest assured that’s not a slight on the band. The album’s first single, “Let’s Go,” is streaming at the bottom of the post, and while I’m not Johnny-Fingeronthepulse here by any means, it’s not like it happened three years ago, so maybe we can all chill out with our internet-born attention spans and expectations of instant gratification. Or maybe I just suck at this. I think both things can be true.

From the PR wire:

UK Psych Desert Rockers Psychlona Return!

When it’s time to pick your poison, a blend of KYUSS and FU MANCHU is nearly always the base for a delicious result. PSYCHLONA are experts in their field, their fourth album “Warped Vision” is an exemplary exercise of practised veterans creating a masterpiece.

Get a taste for yourself by listening to the lead single and pre-ordering here:
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The album’s foundations are laid down by riff-focused heaviness and breakouts combined with a multitude of chilled vibes. What makes “Warped Vision” stick out from a host of similar recordings is the precision with which each hook hits home and sticks, a dynamic balance of rough edges and catchy melodies.

The city of Bradford in West Yorkshire is neither particularly arid nor situated in a hot climate. But although hailing from the former industrial heartlands of rainy Northern England, PSYCHLONA have developed a particularly British brand of desert rock. The hot summer days of 2016 inspired some local musicians to fry up some sonic ideas from sunny California of decades past and to blend in the raw energy of UK punk, a dash of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, and spoonfuls of classic English 60s and 70s psychedelia. When this experiment far exceeded their own expectations, PSYCHLONA were born.

PSYCHLONA have established themselves as an impressive live act. Relentless touring and performing at prestigious festivals that included Desertfest (UK & DE), Freak Valley (DE), SonicBlast (PT), Alcatraz Music (BE), Sonic Whip (NL), and at Psycho Las Vegas (US) pushed the Brits higher up the billings. An incident in Las Vegas when they were the only band asked by the casino manager to please turn down the volume only fueled their upward trajectory.

Now, PSYCHLONA are ready to take the next big step. Welcoming two new members aboard the band has added a new dynamic both in writing and recording. The gentle alterations brought about by their fresh input has turned “Warped Vision” into what is clearly the most complete and thrilling album of the psychedelic desert rockers so far. With “Warped Vision”, PSYCHLONA have hit the jackpot, and they are generously offering up rounds for everyone.

Pre-order the album on CD or LP, including both neon yellow and green/black marble variants!

Grab your copy here:
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Tracklisting:
1. Jasmine
2. Let’s Go
3. Smoke
4. Cut Loose
5. Topanga
6. Kaleidoscope
7. Split
8. Magic Carpet

Line-up
Ian ‘Izak’ Buxton – bass guitar
Scott Frankling – drums
Phil Hey – guitar, vocals
Martin Wiseman – lead guitar, backing vocals

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