Family the Smiling Thrush

Hailed as one of the heavy music world’s most unbelievably stunning experiences, Boss Keloid are a band driven by a burning need to move forward. After earning worldwide acclaim for Melted On The Inch (2018), Herb Your Enthusiasm (2016) and The Calming Influence of Teeth (2013), Boss Keloid’s penchant for producing heavy and magnificently multi-layered music has generated huge support and massive expectations. Rising from the stoner/prog underground in the UK, they've produced some of the most mind-altering, genre-bending music while gaining a reputation for never standing still. Now the band are ready to take their next step. Having signed to Ripple Music, fans can expect Boss Keloid’s unique voice to ring loud and clear on new album 'Family the Smiling Thrush,' transcending labels like stoner, psych, prog and even metal, fully bursting out of any and all classifications to create something upliftingly fresh and powerfully unique.

Wigan prog-doomsters Boss Keloid smash into a land of nightmares and dreamscapes on wonderfully trippy fifth album…

When music nerds talk about bands having "their own sound," what we are generally referring to are subtle deviations from otherwise familiar blueprints, rather than wholesale bolts from the musical blue. But while educated listeners will invariably be able to attribute certain elements in BOSS KELOI...

Graham Ray reviews the brand new album from Boss Keloid! Read his review of 'Family The Smiling Thrush' here on Distorted Sound!

A review of Family the Smiling Thrush by Boss Keloid, available June 4th worldwide via Ripple Music.