Release Date: April 17th 2026. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: DD.
Echoes - Tracklisting
1. Reduce Me (04:00)
2. Bit Crusher (04:14)
3. Fortune Teller (05:40)
4. El Bizarre (10:43)
Members
Patrik Caminada - Vocals
Oliver Corrodi - Guitars, Production
Noé Burger - Bass
Janick Sidler – Drums
Review
Echoes is the latest EP from Stoner Rockers Naked Soldier and I remember being hugely impressed by their 2022 debut self-titled album with the band focusing upon a more Hard Rock style of Stoner Rock/Metal. There was a gritty undertone to Naked Soldier’s music which they merged with a swirling Desert Rock, Fuzz Rock and Psych Rock attitude. Echoes takes a slightly different transformation with the band adding a gloomy Post-Stoner and Post-Doom sound which has a cautious Hard Rock and Proto-Rock attitude.
The four tracks held on Echoes runs for around twenty five minutes length with Naked Soldier employing similar musical techniques used by the likes of FU MANCHU, KYUSS, LOWRIDER, DOZER and TRUCKFIGHTERS. The stunning opening track of Reduce Me sets up the Desert Rock/Stoner Metal foundations that Naked Soldier expertly built upon which results in some long drawn out SONIC baked passages even within the short runtime of the first few tracks. There’s a hidden Classic Rock influence appearing within lead vocalist Patrik Caminada’s subversive vocals.
Naked Soldier slowly moves further into the Cosmic Rock and Space Rock abyss which fully comes into effect on tracks such as Bit Crusher and Fortune Teller with a sudden influx of Progressive landscapes fully taking over before the epic final track of El Bizarre finally appears.
El Bizarre is the standout track here with Naked Soldier having a wild time conjuring up different musical dimensions that’s built upon the power of the legendary Californian Desert/Stoner Rock scene. The end result can be extremely outlandish and superbly brash but it works to Naked Soldier’s advantage at showcasing what great music they can conjure up when they focus upon play a more spaced out Jam Rock offering.
Echoes is a resounding success on every level which Naked Soldier should rightly be proud of. There’s more than enough hidden musical surprises to keep dedicated followers of the Desert Rock/Stoner Metal community superbly entertained for a very long time.
Excellent and Highly Recommended.
Words by Steve Howe
Thanks to The Metallist PR for the promo.
Echoes is available to buy digitally from all good digital stockists now.
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