Ukrainian doom prog trio Stoned Jesus premiere a music video for their new single »Thoughts And Prayers«!

Ukrainian doom prog trio Stoned Jesus premiere a music video for the third single »Thoughts And Prayers« taken from their upcoming album, »Father Light«, which will be released on March 3rd, 2023 via Season Of Mist.

Tracklist:
01. Father Light
02. Season Of The Witch
03. Thoughts And Prayers
04. Porcelain
05. CON
06. Get What You Deserve

Courtesy of Season Of Mist:

Ukrainian doom proggers Stoned Jesus released two new songs last year, »CON« and »Porcelain«, but now it’s time to kick it off! Today, the trio Stoned Jesus is treating the world with the atmospheric blues of »Thoughts And Prayers« – a somewhat fitting title to their current situation.

And with this realease, the band treats us with a beautiful music video which can be viewed via the official Season Of Mist channel HERE. The link can be freely spread throughout your channels.

But it’s not just the song »Thoughts And Prayers« that’s being released today. Serving as the first half of the bigger song cycle, »Father Light« is the first full-length of new material from Ukrainians in five years and will be released upon this world on March 3rd, 2023. With its deep lyrical themes and genre-bending music content, »Father Light« serves as an introduction to the new chapter of Stoned Jesus lore.

Pre-save the album HERE // Pre-order »Father Light« HERE

Photo by Mateusz Kluba

Lead vocalist and guitarist Igor comments: “I wrote these songs mostly in 2019, we worked on them through 2020, recorded them in 2021 and were ready to release them in 2022…and finally the first batch of them is coming out as »Father Light« in 2023! So this is neither our “pandemic” nor our “war” record, this is something I was really obsessed about many months ago – climate change, media numbness, corporations’ impact, social divisions…

But revisiting these issues years later shows that they’re still important and this is still something that resonates with us – and hopefully will resonate with many other people, too. Musically I think this is our most diverse and mature record to date, but there’s a good dose of oldschool Stoned Jesus there too!

Anyway, enjoy this one and fingers crossed for 2024 release of »Mother Dark« – the moodier, more personal, more experimental sister album to »Father Light«.”

Since 2009, Stoned Jesus has served as one of Ukraine’s leading forces in heavy rock. Fuzzed-out riffs, driving bass lines, and maximum groove serve as the foundational elements of Stoned Jesus’ sound, augmented by the combination of gentle clean vocals and hook-laden chorus choices, along with an array of ornamental guitar melodies. The cuts on »Father Light« expand and shift – all the while, the band’s trademark heaviness serves as the guide.

Stoned Jesus is also well known for their song »I Am The Mountain« who managed to reach a whopping 15 million views on Youtube HERE.

Stoned Jesus is:
Igor Sydorenko – Vocals and Guitar
Sergii Sliusar – Bass and Backing Vocals
Dmytro Zinchenko – Drums and Backing Vocals

FFO: Elder, Porcupine Tree, Mastodon

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