'Hiss of Today'is out now!
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Thumpermonkey's guitarist/vocalist Michael Woodman returns with his first full-length solo album, slated for release on 26/04/2025. Hiss of Today entangles restless analogue-synth entities with lo-fi motorik percussion; part 60s baroque chamber pop, part Vangelis, part Thelemic ritual viewed through a broken kaleidoscope. Label owner and Gong frontman Kavus Torabi (whom Woodman toured with after the release of his debut EP, ‘Psithurism’) also gifts his unmistakable spectral psychedelia to the single, 'Lychgate’. The album’s inspiration comes from an uncanny discovery: William Robert Woodman, one of the founding members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, not only shared Michael's surname but also died on the same date as Michael's birthday. Hiss of Today is equal parts nostalgic hauntology, tales of cursed ZX Spectrum tapes, and hallucinated 8-bit lore - expanded upon through a pre-release text adventure that fans can access from February 2025.
Psithurism (2020)
"Woodman's latest solo album is his most spellbinding creation yet."
Prog Magazine
"This release is such a wonderfully conceived whole that it throws down a gauntlet for what can be achieved while venturing off the beaten track."
The Progressive Aspect
“Expect the unexpected.” At The Barrier
“An astral projection to a parallel dimension.” Altprogcore
“A complex, uncompromising and magnificent EP full of charm, hooks aplenty and an ethereal beauty.” Spirit of Progressive Rock
"At times achingly beautiful and, at others, painfully sparse and deliciously dark and discordant." Progradar
"I have not been singing along to this record. I have been entering into its spaces and celebrating its rites, immersed in sublime musicianship from some excellent players, that is so economically and appropriately deployed that I sometimes forgot anyone was on the other end of the instruments.” Oliver Arditi
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