US progressive space rockers Low Forest present their new EP »Orcus 2135: Arrival Of The Terraformers«; available now on CD and digital!

Kansas City, Missouri based progressive space rockers Low Forest are back with their new EP, »Orcus 2135: Arrival Of The Terraformers«, which was released on June 20th, 2025.

Tracklist:
01. Coyotes Comin’
02. Center Stone
03. Retroburn
04. Vanth
05. Chapter 15 – Server Room

»Orcus 2135: Arrival Of The Terraformers« is the second multi-track release by Kansas City band Low Forest. Technically an EP by a few seconds, it features three songs previously offered as singles.

The release is accompanied by a book of the same name, and shares a common story. The book, »Orcus 2135: Arrival Of The Terraformers« was written by lead singer/guitarist Josh King. Originally intended to be a short-story for a 10-minute reading to accompany the album, the book includes several allusions to the songs on the E.P., Low Forest’s previous release »Entrovert/Ambivector«, and King’s other musical works – as well as other musicians in the Kansas City area.

When purchasing the album on Bandcamp, you also receive a PDF of the book as part of the download. Alternatively, a limited number of paperback copies will also be made available for purchase.

The last two tracks on the album consist of an “introduction” track to the story, and then a single chapter from the book – fulfilling the original intent of the text – set to music created by Low Forest and narrated by King.

In a subsequent series of releases, the band plans to publish each chapter of the book in sequence, resulting in a full audio-book of the text, with each track scored by the band and narrated by the author.

Low Forest is Josh King, Alex Dunn, Keith Howell, Brad Schumacher, and Halston Rossi. The band is supported by a network of family, friends, collaborators, and a thriving Greater Kansas City music scene.

The band would like to thank our families and all who have made this effort possible. We hope you enjoy this sci-fi prog-rock shoegaze concept album.

Order »Orcus 2135: Arrival Of The Terraformers« here: lowforest.bandcamp.com

Tracks 1-3 Mixed by Paul Malinowski (Shiner, Season To Risk) at Massive Sound Studio. Mastered by Mario Quintero (Spotlights, Sisters, Pallbearer) at AudioMQ. Tracks 4-5 Mixed and mastered by Josh King.

Engineered and Produced by Josh King.
Co-Produced by Alex Dunn.

Line-up:
Josh King – Guitars, Vocals, Narration, Voice Acting
Alex Dunn – Bass, Synth
Keith Howell – Drums
Brad Schumacher – Synthesizer
Halston Rossi – Drums, Synth, Encouragement

Saxophone on »Retroburn« by Patrick Ketter
Additional guitars on »Center Stone« by C.H.

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