Polish progressive/stoner rock quartet CTRL+Z release debut album »We Are Social Creatures«; out now via Interstellar Smoke Records!

Łódź, Poland based progressive/stoner rockers CTRL+Z stream their debut album, »We Are Social Creatures«, which was just released on August 25th, 2025 via Interstellar Smoke Records.

Listen to »We Are Social Creatures« on all streaming platforms!

Tracklist:
01. Carpet Joyride
02. Cockroach
03. Lump
04. Raw Umber
05. Never Talk With A Man
06. Warling
07. Mirage
08. Aztec
09. Koniary
10. Visual Snow Syndrome

Courtesy of Sarniak PR:

CTRL+Z is a psychedelic stoner rock band rising not from the California sands, but from the cobblestones of Łódź – post-industrial grayness, chaos, and city dust instead of a desert horizon. Their roots lie in jam sessions – psychedelic, unbridled improvisations that give rise to the first sketches of songs. Compositions take shape intuitively before reaching the studio for mixing and mastering.

»We Are Social Creatures« is the debut album by CTRL+Z, released by Interstellar Smoke Records. This album is an amalgam of styles and snapshots of the post industrial city of Łódź in Poland. The songs reflect the emotions that accompany experiencing both the bustle of a modern city and the hidden character of the metropolis. On the album, the band has created a musical mosaic of sounds that illustrates the grime of Łódź’s industrial outskirts.

Photo credit: Żaneta Zawierta

CTRL+Z’s music is a journey. We travel with the band through the cobblestone dunes of the urban landscape, where stoner sounds meet influences of hard rock, heavy psych, and even thrash metal. It draws inspiration from bands like Kyuss and Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, from which CTRL+Z draw inspiration to forge their own paths.

CTRL+Z formed in Łódź (Poland) in 2021. To date, they have only released the EP »Live At CPXZ« in 2024, which recorded their performance at the Cyrk Pod Zielonym Xiężycem club.

The band’s debut album »We Are Social Creatures« was announced by singles »Cockroach« and »Warling«.

Buy album: interstellarsmokerecords1.bandcamp.com

CTRL+Z is:
Paweł Leszczyński – Drums
Mateusz Ulański – Guitar
Karol Bukowski – Guitar
Martyn Gill – Bass

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