Redwood - Sky Offering (EP Review)

Release Date: February 07th 2025. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: DD

Sky Offering - Track Listing:

1.SKY OFFERING 05:02

2.THE GREEN 06:24

3.HILLS 09:00

4.FRIEND OR FOE 05:28

5.HOLLOW 06:40

Review

Sky Offering is the new EP from Psych/Doom/Desert/Stoner Rockers Redwood and follows their superb 2024 EP - Dry Rivers. The record has a slightly haggard Doom Rock approach which allows their flavour of Desert Rock to be quite subdued but with a more aggressive sound which lays on the gloomy FUZZ mighty thick within the exquisite opening title track. 

Sky Offering is helped along by different levels of swirling Cosmic Rock which is quite vivid and superbly melodic with a slight Prog Rock attitude appearing that is perhaps influenced by the likes of ELDER and KING BUFFALO yet again. The vocals are perfectly suited to the music with Redwood playing to their main strengths which encompasses a more Post-Doom and Post-Stoner attitude which is delivered right throughout the whole EP.

The next two tracks of The Green and Hills offer the heaviest, fuzziest and spaced out grooves on the EP with matching Ambient sounds harking a new area of Space Rock for Redwood to play with. The music is powered by classic Desert/Fuzz Rock instrumental passages that are quite similar to the likes of FU MANCHU, KYUSS and TRUCKFIGHTERS.

However, Redwood blaze their own highly original blend of Stoner Rock magic specially on the standout track of Hills. The track is quite long and sees Redwood once again embrace a heavier and tighter Progressive based sound where the music becomes JAM based which leads into heavier riffs with a sense of Psychedelic LUST moving in the background.

The final two tracks of Friend Or Foe and Hollow allows Redwood to settle back into a classic style of Doom/Stoner Rock with waves of Space Rock and the sandy Psychedelic dunes of the Desert Rock landscape to inject a lysergic feeling into the mix. This part of the EP is perhaps the more straightforward with catchy grooves and lyrical themes but Redwood still finds the time to bring that COSMIC DOOM swagger until the dying seconds of the EP.

Sky Offering is a soulful and brilliant slice of Cosmic Doom/Stoner Rock that will take you into the far reaches of the WEEDIAN MULTIVERSE.

Words by Steve Howe

Thanks to Good Boy PR for the promo.

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Exclusive Premiere Of Psych Stoner Rockers REDWOOD New EP - DRY RIVERS

Aural bliss is a fleeting sensation, forever chased in psychedelic music, and California's REDWOOD don't miss a beat in capturing that magic with ease on their second EP "DRY RIVERS". Featuring part of fellow Cali rockers Deer Lord, the band combine spacey, soaring atmospheres with righteously toned stoner riffs, conjuring up expansive and airtight grooves across the album's four tracks.

REDWOOD exist at the same nexus of psychedelia and stoner rock where the likes of Howling Giant, King Buffalo, and Asteroid reside, with a decidedly crunchy, doom-tinged edge coloring their personal corner of the cosmos. Space-age soundscapes and soaring vocals send listeners into sci-fi reveries, while booming drums and burly riffage bring them back down to earth none too gently.

"DRY RIVERS" is a trip in the truest sense of the word, fueled by the winning combo of groove, fuzz, and loads of atmosphere.

You can hear to the exciting Psychedelic Cosmic Stoner Rock Journey of DRY RIVERS below courtesy of the good folks over at Good Boy PR.

IN THE BAND'S OWN WORDS:

"Started in mid 2022, REDWOOD is a heavy psych/rock n roll project from the valleys of Northern California. Following the first self titled EP from 2022, REDWOOD is back with another burst of interdimentional energy with a new EP titled 'DRY RIVERS'. Coming in at just over 20 minutes, and much like the debut EP, 'DRY RIVERS' is intended to be the soundtrack for a foggy mountain drive through the redwood forests of Northern California. With song topics covering everything from American culture wars, to stories of extraterrestrial beings riding motorcycles on the rim of a black hole. We hope you enjoy this album just as much as we enjoyed making it."

Thanks to Good Boy PR for the all of the details.

Dry Rivers will be available to buy digitally from Saturday 1st June 2024.

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Redwood - Dry Rivers (EP Review)

Release Date: June 01st 2024. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: DD

Dry Rivers: Tracklisting

1. MODERN WAY (5:27)

2. DRY RIVERS (5:07)

3. HOME (5:19)

4. VOID RIDER (6:10)

Review

Californian Psychedelic Desert/Stoner Rockers Redwood new EP Dry Rivers launches into the Cosmic Rock stratosphere with the band travelling along the same Space Rock Highway of bands such as King Buffalo, ELDER, KYUSS, Howling Giant and Truckfighters with a neverending style of Classic sounding FUZZ powering the Psychedelic heaviness that appears within the whole EP.

Dry Rivers contains four tracks running around twenty two minutes in length with Redwood merging Classic Desert/Stoner Rock techniques with the modern Cosmic Doom and Progressive Psychedelic passages. There’s a seedy underbelly of distorted Fuzz sounds that has a slight Ambient flavour which comes off strongly within the excellent opening track of Modern Way.

Redwood have a keen sense of melody and free-flowing heavy doomed out grooves which allows the band to play exquisite long drawn out instrumental jams which sees the band add different waves of Space Rock textures that do have a certain Post-Stoner influence to them. The vocals are superb that have a dreamlike essence to them whilst keeping that classic Fuzz Rock or Hard Rock element throughout.

Dry Rivers also allows Redwood the perfect creative opportunity to adapt their music to a Punk Rock environment which is heard mostly within the fantastic production values that keeps the whole EP remarkably grounded despite the ongoing ventures into Outer Space. The EP does become more Post-Doom obsessed on the outlandish third track Home which sees Redwood offer a more aggressive style of music that translates into some of the freshest and heaviest sounds on the whole EP.

The final track Void Rider is perhaps the perfect way to end the EP with. As Redwood channels the EP’s earlier Progressive sound with the EP becoming quite cinematic with melodic and grizzled instrumental jams becoming the main focus for the band to impress listeners with. The vocals once again bang on point that sells the whole creative journey to the listener that Redwood will take you upon.

Dry Rivers is a thrilling spectacle of Psychedelic Stoner Rock that is helped by catchy bursts of Desert Rock, Fuzz Rock, Cosmic Rock and Spaced Out Doom that remains quite addictive with a wonderfully aggressive sound from start to finish.

Excellent and Highly Recommended.

Words by Steve Howe

Thanks to Good Boy PR for the promo.

Dry Rivers will be available to buy digitally from Saturday 1st June 2024.

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