By Saudi’s Songs of Petrichor Get Trippy on New Release
Take a trip back in time with the new release from Songs of Petrichor. The Saudi band’s latest track She’s In Black is a cool slice of late ’60s psychedelia. The second single from their soon-come album is a hot ticket to the legendary Woodstock festival via KSA. “It’s like hearing your old friend singing next to you, reminding you of the old beautiful days,” say the band.
All foreigners living in Jeddah, Songs of Petrichor are a progressive grunge rock trio. A little nugget of info for fact fans – ‘petrichor’ is the pleasant smell that rises when rain falls on parched earth. The band cite Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, The Beatles and Jethro Tull as influences. While their influences cross genres, “rain-induced nostalgia, memories, strong emotions and melancholy” run through their veins.
Bygone Era
She’s In Black transports listeners to a bygone era with Songs of Petrichor conditions attached. Shaharyar Hamdani’s vocal tone is meltingly mellow until he ups the ante. Yousuf Masood on bass has “maximum fun tackling those rough strings”, and Omair Soomro’s drums vie for full attention towards the end. The lads claim: “Everything for this single was in the right place, no exaggeration – it just sounded right.”
Out now on Saudi’s Wall of Sound, this track is made for lazy days flat on your back watching clouds float by. Check out the animated video for She’s in Black below. Or find it on the label’s bandcamp page.
Debut
Songs of Petrichor unleashed their debut single Nomad in March. The band self-labelled their debut as “a mixture of Oriental grunge and progressive rock”. Hear what that sounds like below.
Longplayer
Two tracks in, we’re rather enamoured by Songs of Petrichor. Let’s see what their eponymously-titled album delivers when it drops in November.
