Welsh heavy dark-wavers Eye return with new single ‘Open Sea’, a reworked heavy-psych bliss-out of an unreleased track but also a taster of new things to come.
Formed by Jessica Ball, of Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard, Eye debuted in 2024 with the album Dark Light on New Heavy Sounds.
“The release of ‘Open Sea’ was quite unexpected in a way!” said Ball. “We had initially recorded it in Foel Studios with the intention of it being on our first album Dark Light. For whatever reason, it didn’t make it on the album. It’s a song I had written a very long time ago, and it’s funny how you can favour your new material over the old stuff. I also wasn’t keen on the vocal melody anymore.
“Well we recently came across it again, and I decided to have a go at some new vocals with fresh ears as enough time had passed. I liked what I did, so we sent it to Chris Fielding to work his magic… What came back was a fierce track that we absolutely loved. So I’m glad it is seeing the light of day.”
An ethereal dark-folk intro of clean finger-picking and John Carpenter styled synth lulls one into a sense of false calm before Ball unleashes one of her most crushing MWWB-esque fuzz riffs.
“Since the release of Dark Light, we’ve been playing a few select shows and working on our live sound a lot more,” Ball continued. “I’ve also been writing and working towards our second album. This single (‘Open Sea’) has inspired me to make the next album a lot heavier, and bring back the riffs!”
