[Cover photo credit to @babbibrun]

Working with Doom Metal, Grunge, Psychedelic and Art Rock for over 15 years, Stoned Jesus have been working on an album trilogy. Its opening chapter, Songs to Sun, arrived in 2025. Now, the band are moving towards Songs to Moon.

The single and 90s style video for “Velvet” are out now. The video was created by Mykyta Donets.

Frontman Igor Sydorenko teases about the track:

This song answers the question: What if Nirvana was shoegaze?

I’ve noticed that in a lot of our songs, the narrator is either falling or starting to lose the ground under their feet. When writing ‘Velvet’, I asked myself, what’s next? What do I want to find once I reach the bottom? Or do I just want the fall to go on forever.

Sydorenko says of the trilogy:

We started The Songs trilogy last year with Songs to Sun, which is a loud and heavy album that’s big on choruses and meaty riffs. While still heavy and catchy, Songs to Moon follows a similar trajectory to Led Zeppelin III, Opeth’s Damnation or Jar of Flies by Alice In Chains. The songs are recognizably Stoned Jesus, but they are bolder, more haunting and introspective than anything we’ve done before.

Stoned Jesus 2026 European Festival Dates

August 8 – Rome, Italy @ Roma Stone Fest [TICKETS]

August 20 – La Maroutière, France @ V and B Fest [TICKETS]

August 29 – Teramo, Italy @ Suburbiae Festival [TICKETS]

October 30 – Vallet, France @ WeStill Fest [TICKETS]