𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐎𝐒𝐏, 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝!
𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐄𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐟 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬.
𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝:
Firefriend began shaping their own blend of heavy, hypnotic psychedelia, space rock, and shoegaze when Julia Grassetti and Yury Hermuche met in 2005 in São Paulo, Brazil. Over the following two decades, the band built a reputation for intense live performances and prolific studio output, releasing twelve LPs across the United States and the United Kingdom, with labels Little Cloud Records (US) and Cardinal Fuzz (UK).
In 2025 the band completed a six-date England run in support of their latest releases, FUZZ and BLUE RADIATION, which included a headline performance at the London Other Side Psych Weekender.
The band have built a dedicated audience in the UK. Highlights include two performances at the renowned Fuzz Club Festival in Eindhoven in 2019 and full UK tours in 2023 & 2025.
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𝐄𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐟 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬:
Echoes of Distant Stars are a Psychedelic Space Rock band from Newcastle Upon Tyne. Formed in early 2025, the band blends influences from kosmiche, prog rock, folk and psych. In parts delicate and melodic, in others heavy and cacophonous, other parts weird and ethereal, the three piece of Alex Johnston (Drums), Tom Astley (Guitar), and Dave Molnar (Bass) have brought to life a panoply of long-form, semi-improvised concept pieces.
Debut album ‘Tower of Echoes’ explores two worlds through two all-encompassing 21-minute tracks. Anomos navigates the brutal binaries of a planet of rock and sand, desolate but for the ghosts that hover just above the plains. Archon navigates the dark pathways around the Tower of Echoes, a space in which folk stories, myths and secrets stalk the landscape. Through thundering drums, melodic bass motifs, and whorling fuzz-laden guitar, Echoes of Distant Stars take the listener on a sonic trip through space. The album was released via Weird Beard (UK) and Echodelick Records (US).
In 2026, Echoes of Distant Stars have supported Helicon, Myrrors, Dead Sea Apes, Sunset Images and Julie’s Haircut.
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