Dutch Stoner/Desert Rock Act DITCH Reveals Details of New Album “The Traveler”; Watch The Visualizer for “Everyone I Know”!

Photo by Aidyn Hazebroek

The Hague-based stoner/desert rockers DITCH are proud to announce that their new effort, entitled “The Traveler”, will be released on February 14th via Dark Skies Coming. The album, available as digipak and orange marbled vinyl, will feature 9 brand-new tracks for the fans of Kyuss, Vista Chino, Fu Manchu, Clutch, and Black Sabbath!

A visualizer video is online for the song “Everyone I Know” – watch it now! 

Pre-order “The Traveler” on Bandcamp: https://bit.ly/4a9jZF8

After almost 2 years of hard work DITCH has completed its first full-length album since the release of the critically acclaimed debut “Boca Do Inferno” (2014). An album containing 9 tracks written and fine tuned over the last few years, turned into a dynamic and diverse collection of songs. Sometimes hinting to the kings of 90’s stoner rock, but always with a modern and unique twist and a prominent style of their own. Huge, pounding drums, massive fuzz-heavy guitars, and roaring bass, complete the wall of sound many listeners crave. Yet there’s also room for dreamy, space-y segments, plus a variety of tempos. 40+ Minutes of what stoner rock/stoner metal is all about!

In the last 14 years DITCH stormed stages in several countries to spread the word of its fuzz heavy wall of sound with tons of desert groove. They were able to share the stage with fellow stoner enthusiasts like Komatsu (NL), Candybar Planet (NL), 1000Mods (GR), Belzebong (POL), Monster Truck (CAN), Five Horse Johnson (USA), God-sized (UK), The Grand Astoria (RU), Hemplifier (MT), Witch Piss (BE), Baardvader (NL), and Atomic Vulture (BE). The debut album “Boca Do Inferno” caused quite a stir, and the space rock instrumental closer of that album, “One Way Trip to the Sun”, has turned into a bonafide online cult hit with 3.3 million streams on Spotify and even more on YouTube in the last couple of years. In 2021 the band returned to the fray with a brand new EP, “Coldfoot, Alaska”.

The album was recorded, mixed and mastered by Hans Pieters / The People’s Noise. Additional backing vocals by Luuk Penterman & Marjan Welman. “Jabba Speech” by David Dressen.

This is the definitive tracklist of “The Traveler”:

1. Jabba (6:22)
2. Everyone I Know (3:06)
3. The Traveler (7:14)
4. Destruction Derby (3:23)
5. Year of the Pig (5:44)
6. The Bloody 9 (5:01)
7. Pod Racing (3:29)
8. Broncola (revisited) (3:46)
9. Desert Sun (3:09)

DITCH is:

Douwe de Wilde - Bass, Vocals
Eric Hazebroek - Guitars, Backing Vocals
Alexander de Goede - Drums, Backing Vocals

DITCH Online:

Website
Facebook
Instagram
Bandcamp

Thanks to The Metallist PR for all of the details.