Known for their immersive live performances—melding multi-layered guitars, reverb-heavy vocal harmonies, and a driving rhythm section—The Asteroid No.4 has built a dedicated following within the underground psychedelic community. Their prolific output has been central to their reputation: thirteen full-length albums, numerous compilation appearances, digital rarities, singles, and EPs. With each release, the band continues refining a sound that is distinctly their own, most recently In Praise of Shadows via Little Cloud Records.
With a sound that evokes the spirit of the German kraut and psych-rock pioneers, Acid Rooster celebrates suspenseful, free-thinking instrumental music on their partly written, partly improvised albums, which often develops a trance-like undertow and, gradually increasing, discharges in breathtaking climaxes. The trio experimentally explores the acoustic space between brute and spherical and shines with compositional sophistication, authenticity and emotional complexity. It is therefore not surprising that the three childhood friends share a long musical socialisation and can draw on a wide range of inspirations and musical experiences. They succeed at interpreting the psychedelic heritage in an unpretentious and contemporary way and retain the freedom to explore related genres such as space rock, drone, garage or kosmische Musik while always remaining authentic and stylistically confident.
The Asteroid No.4
The Asteroid No.4 was founded by childhood friends Scott Vitt and Eric Harms, who had spent years playing together in punk, hardcore, and even a Smiths cover band throughout high school and college. Drawn increasingly toward the emerging UK shoegaze scene of the early 1990s, the pair began writing material that would define the band’s early sound. After months of basement rehearsals, the lineup solidified in the late ’90s with the addition of bassist Gregg Weiss and drummer Bill Reim. The group’s debut release, the “Mellow Beach” b/w “CIA Took My Dog Away” 7-inch, arrived on their own imprint, Lounge Records. The band’s name pays homage to Vesta, the brightest asteroid in the solar system, as well as to the legendary UK psychedelic band Spacemen 3, one of their earliest and most enduring influences. Their cover of Spacemen 3’s “Losing Touch with My Mind,” featured on Rocket Girl Records’ 1998 tribute compilation, was singled out by Sonic Boom (Pete Kember) himself as a standout track in Magnet Magazine.
Acid Rooster
Their first self-titled album caused quite a stir in the psych scene in 2019 and several editions were sold out in no time at all. Since then, the band has released a record almost every year, each having been met with an extremely positive response and sold out just as quickly. So “S/T“ was followed by the self-recorded EP “Irrlichter” (2021), the improvised live album “Ad Astra” (2022) and the studio album “Flowers & Dead Souls” (2023). On 25 October, the new album “Hall of Mirrors” will be released, which was recorded in Glasgow on two off-days during their first successful UK tour in 2022. In addition to their very productive studio activities, Acid Rooster have also earned a great reputation as an intense and authentic live band. They have already performed live on countless European stages. In addition to major festivals such as “Le Guess Who” or the “Fusion Festival”, they have played a large number of club concerts with bands such as Kikagaku Mojo, Minami Deutsch, Bitchin Bajas, Föllakzoid and Acid Mothers Temple.
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