Listen to latest full-length album »Flashback Stonehenge« by Japanese psychedelic rock collective Hibushibire!

Osaka, Japan based psychedelic rockers Hibushibire have released their fourth full-length album »Flashback Stonehenge« (完全版) on November 19th, 2025.

Tracklist:
01. Snow Sniffing Matador
02. In Heaven
03. The Cuckoo
04. Flashback Stonehenge

Hibushibire is a hard psychedelic rock band formed in Osaka, Japan, in 2012. Blending heavy riffs, explosive improvisation and hypnotic grooves, they have built a reputation through intense live performances in Japan and overseas.

About »Flashback Stonehenge« (完全版について):

»Flashback Stonehenge« is the band’s first studio album as a four-piece, with live guest Kohei Katsuma now joining as a full time member on percussion/congas (an absolute must see live) alongside Changchang (guitar/vocals), Tetsuji Toyoda (bass/vocals) and Aoi Hama (drums/vocals).

Like the bands previous three albums, this one continues with the three shorter songs on side one, and one epic long song filling out side two mantra that has served them so well thus far.

Opening track »Snow Sniffing Matador« is already a firm live favourite, with it’s heavy riffage and 70’s rock swagger. Things then cool down with a more laid back »In Heaven«, featuring Aoi Hama’s dreamlike vocal whispers, and a fuzzed out take on traditional English folk song »The Cuckoo« with Changchang & Aoi trading verses.

Flip it over, and you have the epic title track, which sees the band take a slightly different approach recalling the likes of Steve Reich, Terry Riley, Faust, CAN, Eno etc over it’s extraordinary 22 minutes.

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