ÖLÜM

ÖLÜM is a Los Angeles based Turkish psychedelic rock group led by frontman Aykut Ozen from İzmir.  Bringing new life to timeless Turkish folk songs and composing new original songs, Ölüm is determined to revisit and bring back the 1962-1982 golden age of true Anatolian psychedelic rock complete with fuzzed out guitars, analog synths and percussive instruments. ÖLÜM channel ‘70s psych gold with each and every song. Feeling like the kind of crate-dug gems that turned up on early aughts comps exploring the era, the band have locked into something both nostalgic and evergreen. At any moment if feels like the mask is about to be pulled back to reveal Andy Votel DJing behind the crushed velvet and shag of “Yeşil Güneş (Green Sun),” but instead, the band remains a modern prism of psych and style. Clearly craving a few past aesthetics, the band channels long gone days on the new single, capturing excess and incense in the ‘shirtless-on-top-of-a-custom-van’ video that accompanies the track. For those about to rock.