Finnish progressive psych rock trio Kaleidobolt drops new single and music video »Tinkerbell«

Helsinki, Finland based progressive psych rock trio Kaleidobolt drops a brand new single and music video »Tinkerbell«, released on October 10th, 2025 via Svart Records.

Music video directed and edited by Marco Menestrina.

The band comments: “New shit by Kaleidobolt! Witness the world’s most majestic trio in action on Svart’s YouTube channel now! 

Your favorite Finnish power-trio is back with a new song: at least until the 6th of March. »Tinkerbell« marks a certain departure, or arrival, or some other kinetic metaphor. It’s fast, it’s mean and it’s stripped from as much rock-fat as we could trim.

The whole arrangement came together quickly: a neck-breaking riff polluted by poppy melodicism and 90’s noise-rock aesthetics, but the fitting lyrics proved to be elusive. It felt like the song needed to say a lot, with no words to say it. That in itself eventually became the theme of the song and Tinkerbell seemed the appropriate choice as champion of silence. It’s a song about nothing! ‘George Costanza’ would have been just as good a title.

An article I read about the multi-exposure photography of Pelle Cass got my gears turning for how to achieve a similar result on video. The plan was to elevate a subject as aesthetically mundane as three dudes thrashing about with their instruments into something unexpected and visually striking. Making something out of nothing seems to be a recurring gimmick of ours.

Here are the last shows for the year, as we prepare for more touring in 2026.”

Kaleidobolt Live:
16.10. On The Rocks / Helsinki / FI (opening for The Crazy World of Arthur Brown)
07.11. Lygtens Kro / Copenhagen / DK
09.11. Rare Guitar / Münster / DE
10.11. Soulburn Festival / Balen / BE

Written and performed by Kaleidobolt.
Produced by Niko Lehdontie and Kaleidobolt.
Recorded by Niko Lehdontie at V.R. Studio in Turku, Finland.
Mixed by Niko Lehdontie at Inner Oscillations.
Mastered by Jaakko Viitalähde at Virtalähde Mastering.
Single artwork by Ella Berglund.
Photography by Marco Menestrina.

Kaleidobolt is:
Sampo Kääriäinen – Guitars, Vocals
Marco Menestrina – Bass, Backing Vocals
Mårten Gustafsson – Drums

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well