Watch: Windhand Releases “Grey Garden” Video From New Album ‘Eternal Return’

Richmond, Virginia’s psychedelic heavyweights WINDHAND have released “Grey Garden,” the video and lead single off their forthcoming album Eternal Return.

WINDHAND wrote Eternal Return throughout the winter. Out of the sessions, “Halcyon,” “Grey Garden,” “Red Cloud,” and “Eyeshine” emerged as the heaviest tracks, while “Pilgrim’s Rest,” “Diablerie,” and “Feather” embodied the more reflective side of WINDHAND. The juxtaposition of heavy, psychedelic and pensive is less like Black Sabbath or Sleep and more like Soundgarden or Veruca Salt. But the name-drops aren’t absolute so much as signals of WINDHAND’s ability to stretch beyond genre confines.

Eternal Return represents a new era for the group, a chrysalis moment that takes them to new and unforeseen heights. Boosted by Garrett Morris’ consistently cool riffs-forged at the crossroads of Iommi’s otherworldly import and Kurt Cobain’s spontaneous precocity-powered by Ryan Wolfe and Parker Chandler’s groove-laden rhythms, and propelled by Dorthia Cottrell’s smoky yet wistful vocals, WINDHAND’s new album is a two-step jump for Richmond’s finest purveyors of the psycho-actively heavy. Adorned by Arik Roper’s (Sleep, High on Fire) impressive cover art, Eternal Return not only looks the part of WINDHAND’s artistic growth but sounds the part.

WINDHAND brought Jack Endino back into the fold. Together, they spent two weeks recording at Soundhouse Recording in Seattle. Described as “smooth” and “intense,” the sessions with the famed producer were just what WINDHAND wanted. Endino also understood the group’s artistic progression, chiefly the admiration of and blending in late ’80s/early ’90s grunge. Out of it all, WINDHAND continued to refactor and refine their vision of heavy. A new era of psychedelic heaviness is upon us with WINDHAND’s genre-blurring Eternal Return. Sweet, fuzzed-out oblivion has never been closer…

Eternal Return will be released October 5th on Relapse Records. WINDHAND have a full North American tour scheduled for this fall with Satan’s Satyrs. Full list of fall tour dates is below, including an October 23 appearance at Denver’s Larimer Lounge.

Windhand
Eternal Return
October 5, 2018
Relapse Records

1 – Halcyon
2 – Grey Garden
3 – Pilgrim’s Rest
4 – First To Die
5 – Light Into Dark
6 – Red Cloud
7 – Eyeshine
8 – Diablerie
9 – Feather