Doomed & Stoned premiere Wyoming Young And Strong’s new single »Tursulas«; new album »Wicked Upon You« to be released on February 9th!

Seattle, Washington based stoner/noise rock trio Wyoming Young And Strong has unveiled their new single »Tursulas« on Doomed & Stoned!

»Tursulas« is the second single taken from the band’s upcoming album, »Wicked Upon You«, due out on February 9th, 2024.

Tracklist:
01. Tursulas
02. Burned Path
03. Grey Blade
04. Space Wizard

Courtesy of Desert Bloom PR:

Doomed & Stoned premiere »Tursulas« off Wyoming Young and Strong’s new album »Wicked Upon You« out February 9th!

“I’ve had my earphones filled with the sounds Wyoming Young And Strong this week. The Seattle trio generates a brooding atmosphere on the order of Black Tusk and Kylesa, and similarly shout their lyrics (often in unison). There’s something quite fierce, and even a bit joyful, about such a presentation. There are, after all, fantastic tales to be told!” – Billy Goate

About »Tursulas«:

“This song finds Wyoming right after the Winter War. He’s signed on to a ballista team, on the repurposed war ship that is to return the Tappurien Witches to their home. The Witches had been hired to support his side in the war but alas, even with their help the cause was hopeless. After days at sea the crew encounters a monstrosity known as the Tursalas. The Tursalas is a tentacled horror that dwarfs the warship. They try in vain to escape but the ship is lost. Wyoming is thrown overboard but the witches manage to open some kind of magical portal, much like the portal that rescued him while he was floating in space after escaping the Shaman of Deimos. They seem to escape through it with a few of his fellow crew members. The song ends with Wyoming adrift and alone.”

This release finds Wyoming in the midst of realization. Following the events chronicled on the previous »Bend The Night« 7-inch release, he has been apart of losing battle in the Winter War and is now tasked with returning the witches of Tappurien to their home. Enroute, their ship is attacked and destroyed by an ancient, gargantuan beast known as the Tursulas. After floating at sea for days on the wreckage he is captured by the Grey Blade. This horrific submersible also holds other enslaved victims of the gods, and one regales him with the tale of Burned Path, outlining how his world has fallen and why Wyoming must find a way through this new hellish landscape of destruction. The »Grey Blade« then delivers him to an old enemy of human kind that can best be described as a nomniscient celestial. This being is all powerful, but yet still derives pleasure from tormenting humans. In the final saga Space Wizard, we hear about one of the mighty but delusional Magi that Wyoming previously met. His recollection of this event helps him understand more about how the Magican at times falter, and what they must do for humankind to ascend.

“»Tursulas« is the first song we wrote and recorded as a three piece. We’re really happy with how much more we can do with as a three piece.”

Wyoming Young And Strong has been singing folk songs dedicated to this epic hero since their inception. Josh, Jason, and Josh have arranged these songs in the tradition of bass, drums, guitar, and vocals. Just like the Triad of the Vision before them, they wind the tales of Wyoming through the lens of stoner and noise rock. Taking inspiration from the Melvins, Shellac and Sleep.

Recorded June 2023 by J.M.McNulty at The Killroom in Seattle, WA.
Mixed by J.M.McNulty at the Pachinko Parlour Skyway WA.
Mastered by Tad Doyle at Witch Ape Studio.

Wyoming Young And Strong are:
Josh Engelhardt – Guitar and Vocals
Josh Williams – Drums and Vocals
Jason Kopec – Bass and Vocals

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