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Thumpermonkey's guitarist/vocalist Michael Woodman returns with his first full-length solo album.

Hiss of Today entangles restless analogue-synth entities with lo-fi motorik percussion; part 60s baroque chamber pop, part Vangelis, part Thelemic ritual viewed through a broken kaleidoscope.

Label owner and Gong frontman Kavus Torabi (whom Woodman toured with after the release of his debut EP, ‘Psithurism’) also gifts his unmistakable spectral psychedelia to the single, 'Lychgate’.

The album’s inspiration comes from an uncanny discovery: William Robert Woodman, one of the founding members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, not only shared Michael's surname but also died on the same date as Michael's birthday.

Hiss of Today is equal parts nostalgic hauntology, tales of cursed ZX Spectrum tapes, and hallucinated 8-bit lore - expanded upon through a pre-release text adventure that fans can access from February 2025.
https://planetsmashergames.com/hiss/

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"This is deeply psychedelic music and not as we know it" - PROG MAGAZINE.

"It is a journey through a feverish but calculating mind and one that produces something daringly different. There’s nothing else quite like ‘Hiss Of Today’" PROGRADAR.

“Woodman's inspired pen does not lose that originality of an author who likes to willingly break away from the pre-established patterns of both alternative rock and prog, confirming that he always moves in unusual and stimulating musical territories." ALTPROGCORE.

Solo releases from Thumpermonkey vocalist Michael Woodman.