Australian group Heavy Moss were formed in 2022 by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard bassist Lucas Harwood and Sam Ingles, who had both spent time in early 2010s band Atolls, with the rest of the lineup rounded out with Kyle Tickell on vocals and guitars and Bec Goring on bass. With a synth-heavy, dreamy psychedelic sound, Heavy Moss put out a couple singles in 2023 and will release their debut album, Dead Slow, on November 22 via King Gizzard’s p(doom) records.
The first single from the album is “Star,” a groovy, woozy trip that falls somewhere between The Flaming Lips and Tame Impala. “I left my wallet at my friends house in Berlin,” Tickell says of the song’s origins. “So I rushed back to get it. On my way, the verse melody popped into my head, so I recorded it into my phone as I walked through the suburbs. It was just beamed down to me.”
Tickell also directed the song’s video, which involves some aliens visiting earth. You can watch that below.
Lucas is currently on tour with King Gizzard across North America.
Dead Slow:
Le con
Distant Boy
Jump
Star
Blutac
Treadmills
Melt
Cold