Polish progressive/stoner rockers CTRL+Z premiere second single »Warling« from their debut album »We Are Social Creatures«

Łódź, Poland based four-piece progressive/stoner rock band CTRL+Z premiere the second single »Warling« taken from their debut album, »We Are Social Creatures«, scheduled for release on August 25th, 2025 via Interstellar Smoke Records.

»Warling« is available now on all major streaming platforms!

The psychedelic-stoner quartet CTRL+Zmfrom Łódź (Poland) presents their second single »Warling«!

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.

»Warling« is the second single from CTRL+Z. It’s an expressive portrayal of an internal struggle with unhealthy idealism. It’s a story about grappling with the quiet, merciless voice of the inner critic, who is never fully satisfied, no matter how much effort we put into our work, always picking out the cracks and imperfections.

Photo credit: Żaneta Zawierta

‘The creative process can be marked by a wave of doubts about the value of one’s work. Even if it ends with a moment of satisfaction, the next stage awaits just around the corner – new challenges and another attempt.’ – that’s who CTRL+Z describes thei single »Warling«.

The single »Warling« announces the band’s first album, »We Are Social Creatures«, which is scheduled for release thanks to Interstellar Smoke Records on September 25, 2025.

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 previous single was »Cockroach«:
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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