Glasgow band Helicon and Los Angeles-based producer/DJ Al Lover are today releasing their new collaborative album, ‘Arise’. Out now on Fuzz Club, the bold new record finds Helicon’s counter-cultural psych-rock infused with Lover’s genre-bending electronics – resulting in a maximalist, uplifting sound with a baggy, hypnotic pulse. Alongside the album release, they are also sharing a new video for the track ‘We Don’t Belong’.
“For me, psychedelia is about breaking things open and seeing where it can go next", Helicon frontman John-Paul Hughes says: "How far can it stretch and still feel vital? Working with Al Lover let us twist it into something new and prove it can still evolve, still surprise, and still mean something in a world of conformity where everything begins to look and sound the same.” With Lover adding: “The process of working with Helicon on this project has been nothing but a joy. It’s so nice to have music be the conduit for human connection. This is an ongoing theme with any creative endeavour that I’ve undertaken. I hope that connectivity reaches through the music to the listener, helping them feel like a participant in the music, not just passive observers.”