Since forming in 2017, Northern NSW-based heavy psych rockers Turtle Skull have been carving their own niche with crushing riffs, stacked vocal harmonies and dense synthscapes that hit like a lightning bolt wrapped in a velvet curtain. They’ve built a cult following on the back of explosive live sets and records that cater for the deep listener. Their latest offering, Being Here, dives into the liminal space between joy and oblivion—urging you not to escape, but to arrive.

Tracked live at NoWave in Mullumbimby, with a paired-back approach to studio tweaking, Being Here is the band’s most visceral work to date. It’s an expansive yet raw offering that canvasses the light and shade of modern life in all of its ecstatic and terrifying glory. A psych-drenched reminder to look up from your doomscroll and feel something.