{"id":28697,"date":"2026-07-02T12:58:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T11:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=28697"},"modified":"2026-07-02T12:58:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T11:58:31","slug":"the-heavenly-bodes-debut-out-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=28697","title":{"rendered":"THE HEAVENLY BODES -Debut out tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>DEBUT ALBUM \u2018GREEN HILLS\u2019 TO BE RELEASED JULY 3<sup>RD<\/sup> VIA FUZZ CLUB<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PRE-ORDER <\/strong><a href=\"heavenlybodes.lnk.to\/greenhills\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Picture1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Picture1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Picture1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Picture1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Picture1-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Picture1.jpg 517w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u2018Green Hills\u2019 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\u2019s living room between trips to the beach, it features a collection of lo-fi garage-psych numbers that vary in feel \u2013 sometimes twisting and erratic, sometimes sedated and meandering \u2013 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following hot off the back of first single \u2018Faux Pillars\u2019, The Heavenly Bodes offer us another taste of their debut full-length with new single \u2018De Groene Heuvels\u2019. Coming in at just over two and a half minutes, \u2018De Groene Heuvels\u2019 is a lo-fi fuzzed out, guitar thrashing gem that is full of bounce and strut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Much like the purchasing power of the Munten, \u2018De Groene Heuvels\u2019 succumbs to rapid inflation. It follows the account of a whirlwind weekend on a Dutch hillside. Leg twisting &amp; eye twitching \u2013 \u2018De Groene Heuvels\u2019 feels like the struggle of staying upright on an uneven surface,\u201d state the band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Heavenly Bodes - De Groene Heuvels (Official Video)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IALb_cduHnE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Emerging from South Cornwall\u2019s grassroots psych scene \u2013 through various chance encounters at Kernowbeat (formerly Kernow Psych Society) shows in Falmouth \u2013 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\u2019s loose, unpolished spirit \u2013 landing somewhere between scrappy garage-rock abandon and woozy Velvets cool. It\u2019s the sound of jangly surf riffs, hard-hitting bass grooves and hazy organ dissolving into the salty sea air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the record, the Heavenly Bodes write: \u201cGreen 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 &amp; co. at Fuzz Club and countless others. Please enjoy responsibly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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 &amp; His Fast Band and have been writing and performing continuously since. \u2018Green Hills\u2019 follows a string of demo \/ single releases (some of which are re-imagined and re-recorded here) and their 2025 debut EP \u2018A Shelf You Can Applaud At A Distance\u2019 (supported by BBC 6 Music and Radio X), and lands immediately off the back of a headline UK tour in May 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find The Heavenly Bodes online <a href=\"https:\/\/theheavenlybodes.bandcamp.com\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEBUT ALBUM \u2018GREEN HILLS\u2019 TO BE RELEASED JULY 3RD VIA FUZZ CLUB PRE-ORDER HERE \u2018Green Hills\u2019 is the sun-warped debut album from Cornish four-piece The Heavenly Bodes, due out July 3rd 2026 on Fuzz Club. 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