Stonefield have been rendering their powerfull mosaic of proto-psych, since they were only as tall as the smallest of the strange stone formations that surround their home town in Australia’s rural South-East. From within their stellar nebulae, the four Findlay sisters have pressed light years into days and agitated tidal patterns across the globe, for more than a decade.
Their sophomore record ‘As Above, So Below’ (2016) laid a Sabbath-strata, from which they’ve launched a legion of followers, festival dates and world tours, hitting the road with everyone from Meat puppets to Fleetwood Mac, they’ve traversed in ways that few others have.
In April 2017 the band spent two weeks recording at Downtown LA’s Ultrasound studios, following an East Coast U.S tour with King Gizzard & The Lizard. The result is their third studio album, and first release through Flightless Records, titled ‘Far From Earth’. Produced by Black Mountain’s Stephen McBean, this latest release dips in and out of the visible spectrum with a heavy dose of fuzzed out metal, firmly set in head nodding 70’s groove and prog frequencies.
The shift from the hardened psych pop of earlier records toward more prog and heavy metal is most prevalent on album opener and first single ‘Delusion’. Heavy waves of operatic synth and tubular bells ring below guitars with mellotron lines that warn you that humans don’t belong in space.
‘Far From Earth’ is a conduit, A collection of sounds and imagery intended for future humans or whoever may find them.
Stonefield are:
Amy Findlay: Drums/Vocals
Hannah Findlay: Guitar
Sarah Findlay: Keys
Holly Findlay: Bass