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| THE HEAVENLY BODES ANNOUNCE DEBUT ALBUM ‘GREEN HILLS’ TO BE RELEASED JULY 3RD VIA FUZZ CLUB PRE-ORDER HERE NEW SINGLE ‘DE GROENE HEUVELS’ OUT NOW WATCH / STREAM UK TOUR HAPPENING RIGHT NOW! ‘Green Hills’ is the sun-warped debut album from Cornish four-piece The Heavenly Bodes, due out July 3rd 2026 on Fuzz Club. Recorded on reel-to-reel in a friend’s living room between trips to the beach, it features a collection of lo-fi garage-psych numbers that vary in feel – sometimes twisting and erratic, sometimes sedated and meandering – but all drenched in tape hiss and left out on the pebbles to dry. These are salad-days dreams of escapism melting under the summer sun, evoking the clammy rooms from which they came. Following hot off the back of first single ‘Faux Pillars’, The Heavenly Bodes offer us another taste of their debut full-length with new single ‘De Groene Heuvels’. Coming in at just over two and a half minutes, ‘De Groene Heuvels’ is a lo-fi fuzzed out, guitar thrashing gem that is full of bounce and strut. “Much like the purchasing power of the Munten, ‘De Groene Heuvels’ succumbs to rapid inflation. It follows the account of a whirlwind weekend on a Dutch hillside. Leg twisting & eye twitching – ‘De Groene Heuvels’ feels like the struggle of staying upright on an uneven surface,” state the band. Watch the ‘De Groene Heuvels’ video HERE Emerging from South Cornwall’s grassroots psych scene – through various chance encounters at Kernowbeat (formerly Kernow Psych Society) shows in Falmouth – The Heavenly Bodes channel a shared love of classic 60s acid-garage into something immediate and intimate, and specifically rooted in the here and now of the West Coast cornucopia they call home. Fully self-produced, it captures the band’s loose, unpolished spirit – landing somewhere between scrappy garage-rock abandon and woozy Velvets cool. It’s the sound of jangly surf riffs, hard-hitting bass grooves and hazy organ dissolving into the salty sea air. On the record, the Heavenly Bodes write: “Green Hills was lovingly recorded during the infamous Swanpool heatwave of July 2025. Live tracked into an 8 (occasionally 7) track whilst clad in straw hats and tanning oils, the album is a testament to the clearly adequate cooling systems of the Fostex R-8. Recorded and mixed by our very own Fin Wilson, resident caretaker of central Penryn. With thanks to Eggland and neighbours, Jack & co. at Fuzz Club and countless others. Please enjoy responsibly.” Emerging in Summer 2024 (2023 officially, before a slew of limb injuries put things on hold), the Heavenly Bodes cut their teeth with shows supporting the likes of The Chills and Charles Moothart & His Fast Band and have been writing and performing continuously since. ‘Green Hills’ follows a string of demo / single releases (some of which are re-imagined and re-recorded here) and their 2025 debut EP ‘A Shelf You Can Applaud At A Distance’ (supported by BBC 6 Music and Radio X), and lands immediately off the back of a headline UK tour in May 2026. The Heavenly Bodes are Paul Ruskin (vocals/guitar), Alex Mantle (drums), Fin Wilson (vocals/guitar/organ) and Iolo Puleston (bass). ‘Green Hills’ track-listing: De Groene HeuvelsActingFive WaysFaux PillarsSpitting The Pips OutNational ExpressSea WaterEdward’s AllotmentThe Heavenly Bodes UPCOMING THE HEAVENLY BODES TOUR DATES 06/05 – Norwich @ The Holloway 07/05 – Oxford @ Common Ground 08/05 – Plymouth @ Cafe Momus 09/05 – Falmouth @ The Cornish Bank 23/05 – Cardiff @ Orange Light Festival 30/05 – Scorrier @ Scorrier House (Great Estate Festival) Find The Heavenly Bodes online HERE |
