The Utopia Strong's 'track-by-track' guide to album + great new video/short film for unreleased track Strange Alter via Louder

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The Utopia Strong take us through their self-titled debut album one track at a time – and unveil the video for Strange Altar

There's a feeling, when hearing members of The Utopia Strong talk about the process behind their self-titled debut album, that no-one's more surprised about how well it came out than they are.

With anecdotes that range from dancing around the studio hugging one another, quite unable to believe what they'd produced, to being barely able to play due to the excitement of the sounds coming out of the studio, the resulting album is a euphoric exploration of complex but accessible psychedelia.

Not that they should've been surprised by its success. Made up of one-part Gong alumni Kavus Torabi, one-part ex-snooker star-turned-synthesizer enthusiast Steve Davis, and throwing in the work of Michael York and his abstract instrumentation, their provenance was always guaranteed.

Here, The Utopia Strong talk us through their self-titled new album, one track at a time...

Read the full piece here: Louder

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