Eye (new band from Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard’s Jessica Ball) share new stand-alone single »Open Sea«; out now via New Heavy Sounds!

Eye, the band formed by Jessica Ball (Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard) return with a reworked heavy-psych bliss-out of a unreleased track and taster of new things to come from the Welsh heavy dark-wavers who gave us »Dark Light«, an acclaimed debut album in 2024 on New Heavy Sounds (Cwfen, Shooting Daggers, Death Pill).

An ethereal dark-folk intro of clean finger-picking and Carpenter synth lulls us into a sense of false calm before Ball unleashes one of her most crushing MWWB-esque fuzz riffs. By revisiting the track Ball has now delivered one of her most memorable melodies with a huge chorus recalling Mammoth Weed in full flow – Blackwater Holylight, Faetooth eat-your-heart-out.

A stand-alone track for the time being but Jessica explains where things are going…

“The release of »Open Sea« was quite unexpected in a way! We had initially recorded it in Foel Studios with the intention of it being on our first album »Dark Light«. For whatever reason, it didn’t make it on the album. It’s a song I had written a very long time ago, and it’s funny how you can favour your new material over the old stuff. I also wasn’t keen on the vocal melody anymore.

Well we recently came across it again, and I decided to have a go at some new vocals with fresh ears as enough time had passed. I liked what I did, so we sent it to Chris Fielding to work his magic… What came back was a fierce track that we absolutely loved. So I’m glad it is seeing the light of day.

Since the release of »Dark Light«, we’ve been playing a few select shows and working on our live sound a lot more. I’ve also been writing and working towards our second album. This single (»Open Sea«) has inspired me to make next album a lot heavier, and bring back the riffs!”

Listen to »Open Sea« HERE.

Eye are also set to support label mates Crumbling Ghost, who launch their album with a show at London’s Black Heart on August 7th, 2026.

Tickets are on sale now HERE.

Courtesy of For The Lost PR

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