THE HEAVENLY BODES RELEASE NEW SUN-BLEACHED PSYCHEDELIC SINGLE ‘ACTING’
WATCH THE VIDEO HERE
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DEBUT ALBUM ‘GREEN HILLS’ TO BE RELEASED JULY 3RD VIA FUZZ CLUB
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Recorded on reel-to-reel tape in a friend’s living room between trips to the beach, ‘Green Hills’ is the sun-warped debut album from Cornish four-piece The Heavenly Bodes, due out July 3rd 2026 on Fuzz Club.
Featuring 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, ‘Green Hills’ represents salad-days dreams of escapism melting under the summer sun, evoking the clammy rooms from which they came.
This week, The Heavenly Bodes present new single ‘Acting’ – a tumbling sun-bleached psychedelic pop offering sung by lead guitarist Fin. Fin says: “Acting is a song inspired by the face someone made when I excitedly told them I got a job as a cleaner. An erratic waltz recorded in just 37 takes, the accompanying video captures the sauna-like conditions from whence it came. Notice Alex’s eyes when he has to turn the fan off, waiting for the whirrs to subside.”
Watch the video for ‘Acting’ 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 Heuvels
- Acting
- Five Ways
- Faux Pillars
- Spitting The Pips Out
- National Express
- Sea Water
- Edward’s Allotment
- The Heavenly Bodes
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