Birmingham duo Glenn Smyth (Guitars/Vocals/Songwriter) and Sebastian Maynard Francis (Drums/Percussion) are Solar Eyes. This week, they released ‘Solar Eyes’, the latest single from their upcoming self-titled debut album to be released on February 16th via Fierce Panda Records.
Image & artwork courtesy of Sonic PR.
Written last March during their time at the SXSW festival, it witnesses the band taking in their surroundings. Their sci-fi psychedelia has always had a cinematic quality, and, like on ‘Dreaming Of The Moon’ they splice in elements of Americana and classic Spaghetti Western soundtracks.
Morricone’s influence grows around the experimental pop of John Maclean’s The Aliens, and the warped road trips of Primal Scream’s ‘Evil Heat’ as they merge the meanderings of Moon Duo with The Coral’s pop sensibilities.
Smyth’s smoky vocal billows in mystique like all good Western protagonists. It allows for the record's urgency to swell around him joyously. On this showing, their debut album is shaping up to be one of this year’s most eagerly anticipated.