Biography

Turtle Skull are a four-piece from the Australian East Coast serving a monolithic dose of psych-doom-pop. Formed in 2018 with the intention of finding lightness in heavy music, they’ve honed an experiential blend of warm melodies and ethereal vocal harmonies over cell-bursting riffs, motorik beats, and warbling drone. In 2020, Turtle Skull released their anticipated second album, ‘Monoliths’: a long-form conceptual realisation of their genre-bending sound. Monoliths debuted locally at #1 on the AIR 100% Independent Albums chart, and reached #4 on the Doom Charts, a highly-regarded monthly curation of the best international heavy releases. The album was well-received, garnering attention from local and international music media including NME. They’ve since sold out headline shows in Sydney and Melbourne, played festivals including The Gumball (NSW), Vivid (NSW), Folk Rhythm Life (VIC), King Street Crawl (NSW), and Ninch Fest (VIC), and supported leading international and local acts like Frankie and the Witch Fingers (USA), Earthless (USA), Naxatras (Greece), Stonefield, and Flyying Colours. The band are currently preparing to record their third studio album, with the first single to be released later this year. They’re also gearing up for the second instalment of their own mini-festival, Doom n Bloom, a showcase of local and interstate artists in the heavy psych, doom, noise, and experimental genres.