[Cover photo credit to Matt Darcy]

Boston Stoner/Fuzz Rock outfit Gozu will release their new full-length, Gozu VI, on May 15th, 2026 through Blacklight Media/Metal Blade Records. The single and video for “Banacek” are out now.

Gozu singer/guitarist Marc Gaffney says of the album:

We wanted something that really moved and hit a nerve. I was pretty roughed up emotionally while writing. I played guitar more in the past two years than ever before. I would work, go to the gym, come home, eat and then play guitar until I went to bed.

The album was Produced and mixed by Benny Grotto at Boston’s Mad Oak Studios.

Gaffney adds about the songs:

“I think this is more of a soulful, straight forward, guitar-driven album. Lyrically, this took on a whole different feel, and it wrote itself.

[Lead guitarist] Doug [Sherman] and I are always sending each other phone recordings. So, we had a bunch in the mix when we all got together. It’s usually Doug and I meeting, then [drummer] Seth [Botos] and [bassist] Joseph [Grotto] hop on board and we all hammer it out. Lyrics for these tunes were written way ahead as I was going through some shit. I would write at night in this crappy apartment I was living in so I would not be indulging in cocktails. Sometimes you must have your own therapy sessions, and I had a fuck ton!“

Regarding the album’s first single, “Banacek”, Gaffney says:

Iron Maiden is a huge favorite for all of us and we wanted a tune with that Steve Harris gallop. Jellyfish has always been a band that has crippled me with their amazing vocal harmonies so intrinsically that’s how the vocals arrived!