Release Date: January 26th 2026. Record Label: New Heavy Sounds. Formats: CD/DD/Vinyl
Luna Mausoleum - Tracklisting
1.An Eagles Epitaph
2.The Exit List
3.Too Many Ghosts
4.No Sleep
5.House Of The Moon
6.Live Past Life
7.White Night
8.Thundertaker
9.Blue Desert II
Members
Kayley "Hell Kitten" Davies - Full Vocalist / Half Drums
Max "Leather Messiah" Newsome - Full Guitarist / Half Drums
Review
Luna Mausoleum is second full length album from Psych/Garage/Stoner Rockers Sky Valley Mistress who were originally a four piece band before they were about to embark on a tour for their debut album near the start of 2020 COVID Lockdown which was ultimately cancelled. Two members left but Kayley and Max decided to continue as a two piece duo with Luna Mausoleum being their “first” record and the results are brilliantly outrageous from start to finish.
Sky Valley Mistress channels the same heavy sounds of bands such as Black Sabbath, QOTSA, The Hives, Portishead, Sneaker Pimps and Monster Magnet. The whole record offers some of the catchiest, trippiest and coolest sounds to get off 2026 rocking off to a great start with Kayley “Hell Kitten” Davies dynamic vocal performance. The grooves are tinged with Classic Stoner Rock grooves that hark back to the good old days of Nineties Heavy Rock but Sky Valley Mistress add a world-weary Indie Rock swagger to their music with moments of moody experimental beats hidden behind the shadows.
The record is full of catchy choruses, melodic hooks and subtle levels of ROCK AGGRESSION which allows Sky Valley Mistress to move to the more commercial and radio friendly style of Rock & Roll. However, the band keep themselves close to the Heavy Rock underground with the bombastic use of Garage Rock, Shoegaze and Stoner Grooves which does become outrageously METAL the best of times especially within the kick-ass tracks of The Exit List, Too Many Ghosts and No Sleep. The sound moves from QOTSA style instrumental passages before a sudden shift into music that feels like THE HIVES jamming with PORTISHEAD but with Sky Valley Mistress delivering their own great style of music.
The lyrics are feisty and mightily pissed off which gives the album a great destructive energy of its own making. The production values are excellent and offers a stripped back environment for Sky Valley Mistress to wreck havoc with and build everything up again only to repeat the entire creative process that brings some of the freshest and heaviest grooves on the record.
Other standout tracks include: House Of Moon, Live Past Life, Thundertaker and the thrilling epic final track Blue Desert II. As these tracks allow Sky Valley Mistress to demonstrate new musical themes and ideas whilst offering emotionally charged vocals that you don’t really hear within the current Stoner Rock climate.
Luna Masoulem is the type of album that’s bound to project Sky Valley Mistress onto bigger and better things. This is one of the first must have albums of 2026 you need to own right now and I have a feeling this will no doubt end up on a few best ALBUMS OF THE YEAR. Perhaps a tad too early but I stand by those words as Sky Valley Mistress have delivered the goods with this superb record.
Words by Steve Howe
Thanks to For THe LostPR for the promo.
Luna Mausoleum is available to buy now on CD/DD/Vinyl via New Heavy Sounds.
Links:
Instagram - @skyvalleymistress
Facebook - @skyvalleymistress
Website - skyvalleymistress.com
Bandcamp - skyvalleymistress.bandcamp.com
