Key West, Florida psychedelic rockers AstroYeti share their hotly anticipated debut album ‘Gnarly Gumlie’s Voodoo Van’ via Conch Town Records.

The 10-track album showcases the band’s versatility providing the listener with a varied tracklist that weaves influences from psychedelic, funk, classic rock and even ska and dub. Their latest single ‘Blazed’ encapsulates the band’s work, so it’s not hard to see why AstroYeti chose it to close out their debut. The track offers up 5 minutes of hypnotic energy that utilises bright brass arrangements, funky basslines and offbeat rhythms that merge funk and classic rock elements to create an infectious track that’s hard not to get swept up in. 

Other tracks off the album include the dark funk/rock offering of ‘You Do Voodoo Too‘, the brilliantly named ‘Nubian Banana’ which really outlines the band’s ability to create engaging arrangements with it being the only instrumental track on the album and the reggae-rock banger of ‘Box Wine‘. Overall ‘Gnarly Gumlie’s Voodoo Van‘ gifts listeners with a diverse soundscape, coupled with often intricate and compelling instrumentation that all centres around the band’s ability to project their energy and personality into every track. You’ll be left coming away from the album with a serotonin hit, but if you’re craving more just go to the band’s YouTube channel where you’ll find whacky music videos awash with bright psychedelic imagery and puppets which will only endear you more to the band. Don’t believe me check out the video for ‘Box Wine‘.

Speaking about the album, the band added: “Imagine you’re on the edge of a well peering down but you can only see a little ways until it goes dark. That’s how it felt when we set out to write this project. It’s our first album and the formation of the band and our song is audible in every note played I think. We could see parts of certain elements down there in the dark- reggae, funk, psychedelia, puppets – but the whole picture was obscured even from us, the artists until the album was cut. 

Describing themselves as “a secret society of Space-Caper solving time crime fighters”, AstroYeti’s unique blend of trippy island rock-tinged spacefunk is perfectly matched with their out-of-this-world image – a band of colourful miscreant universal explorers making joyous music with bags of energy and musical depth. 

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