Thursday, 3 July 2025

CTRL+Z: Psychedelic Stoner Metal from Poland with debut single ‘Cockroach’ announces first album via Interstellar Smoke Records


CTRL+Z plays psychedelic stoner rock that grows not from the Californian sands, but from the pavements of the polish city of Łódź – post-industrial greyness, chaos and city dust instead of a desert scenery. Their roots lie in jam sessions – psychedelic improvisations that give rise to the first sketches of songs. Compositions are shaped intuitively before they go to the studio for mixing and mastering.

‘Cockroach’ is the first single from CTRL+Z, announcing their debut album “We Are Social Creatures”, which will be released in September 25th 2025. via Interstellar Smoke Records.



‘Cockroach’ is a disturbing portrait of an urban outsider – a figure born in the city yards of Łódź, among the collapsing buildings and eternal twilight. This is a creature with a fat forehead, a wandering gaze and sudden, thoughtless movements, whose daily life is a constant, chaotic flight. In the final run, he loses his flight pigeon feathers.

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Thanks to Interstellar Smoke Records for all of the details.