Tombstones in Their Eyes is a psychedelic rock powerhouse from Los Angeles. And in their new album, “Asylum Harbour”, this charismatic outfit delivers a stunningly immersive journey through the outer reaches of psychedelic rock. A decade on from their humble beginnings as a transcontinental demo-swapping project between childhood friends John Treanor and James Cooper, Tombstones in Their Eyes has evolved into a monolithic force of fuzz-drenched soundscapes and emotive songwriting. With this new record, they literally blow up our minds … From the first hazy chords of the opener (“In Your Eyes”), “Asylum Harbour” impresses with its intoxicating blend of dreamy textures, gritty distortion and melodic subtlety. Every track blazes with vintage psych energy, drenched in reverb, drowned in a trance, with a slow, hypnotic tempo. “I Like to Feel Good”, “Gimmer Some Pain” and “By My Side” are rough diamonds, shining in the dense mist of psychedelic mountains. The production is lush and enveloping, recalling the likes of Spacemen 3, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, and early Pink Floyd. The guitars weave a mystic web of dizzy, epic notes and the vocals feel like the rumbling of a lunatic. But Tombstones in Their Eyes are no retro act—they bend these influences into something unmistakably their own. “Asylum Harbour” is adventurous, cathartic, and, in all cases, mind-blowing—a lucid dream in album form. This is psychedelic rock at its most honest and affecting. An essential listen for anyone looking to drift far away… or dive deep within … forever ….
♦ 8,5/10
Dimitris Zacharopoulos
