Sonic Flower: new album 'Rides Again'

Japan's psychedelic blues rock unit SONIC FLOWER (with members of Church Of Misery) share their unreleased 2005 studio record 'Rides Again' in its entirety today via Invisible Oranges website. Get into the their electric and boogie-laden grooves now !

"If the cottage industry of 1970s worship in hard rock and metal ever needs an official ambassador, Tatsu Mikami should be in serious contention. (...) Mikami shows off his solo abilities during an extended bass break in “Captain Frost” while guitarists Arisa and Takenori Hoshi duel and synchronize with equal aplomb throughout “Black Sheep” and “Quicksand Planet”. The laid back nature of the music doesn’t apply to the musicianship; for a genre known to excuse sloppy playing with ‘it’s just a vibe, man’ platitudes, there’s nary a sour note or careless moment to be found." enthuse Invisible Oranges.

SONIC FLOWER, the side project of Japan's legendary psych doom unit Church Of Misery, are all set to release their long-awaited sophomore album in the winter of 2021 — a record that has slept in the vault since the band was put on hiatus fifteen years ago. With Church Of Misery mastermind Tatsu Mikami on bass and former COM Takenori Hoshi on guitar, you can expect a huge slab of groovy boogie-psych sprinkled with Mikami's deep-toned funk and doom influences. The album also features two high voltage covers: "Earthquake" from Graham Central Station and "Stay Away" from The Meters.

Alongside 'Rides Again', Heavy Psych Sounds recently reissued SONIC FLOWER's self-titled instrumental debut on January 22nd on vinyl, CD and digital.

SONIC FLOWER 'Rides Again' Out January 29th on Heavy Psych Sounds

TRACK LISTING:

1. Super Witch

2. Black Sheep

3. Jungle Cruise

4. Captain Frost

5. Stay Away (The Meters cover)

6. Quicksand Planet

7. Earthquake (Graham Central Station cover)

SONIC FLOWER were formed as a side project of Church of Misery in 2001. Tatsu Mikami (Church Of Misery bassist) and Takenori Hoshi (guitarist on Church of Misery's 2nd album "The Second Coming") teamed up to play more bluesy and instrumental heavy rock influenced by 70's acts such as Cactus, Grand Funk Railroads, Groundhogs or Savoy Brown.

They were quickly joined by guitarist Arisa and drummer Keisuke Fukawa. In 2003, they released their bluesy heavy rock self-titled debut album 'Sonic Flower' on Japanese label Leafhound Records. This instrumental, improvised double guitar-charged record was internationally acclaimed, and they got the chance to support Electric Wizard, Bluebird or Acid King on their Japan shows.

In 2005, SONIC FLOWER went to the studio to record new material, but as Arisa was pregnant and day jobs prevailed, they put band on hiatus after the recording session. These recordings have been sleeping in the vault for fifteen years, until Tatsu decided to reform the band in 2018. This time he teamed up with old Church Of Misery singer: the result is their brand new album 'Rides Again' which will be released on January 29th, 2021 through Heavy Psych Records. The label will also reissue their self-titled debut album on January 22nd 2021.