Toronto psych experimentalists LAMMPING return with “Won’t Back Down,” the second single from their upcoming collaborative LP Never Never (out June 27 via We Are Busy Bodies). Featuring vocals from Montreal’s Bloodshot Bill, the track reworks one of Bill’s own originals – first released on his Psyche-O-Billy album – into an eerie, slow-burning psychedelic drone built on gritty textures, ghostly synths, and warped guitars.
“Psyche-O-Billy is probably my favourite Bloodshot Bill album,” says producer Mikhail Galkin. “That song always stood out – it had a dark undercurrent I thought we could build off. I pitched the idea of reimagining it as something more haunting and psychedelic, and Bill was down to try it.”
What followed was a genre-bending deconstruction. “We tried to make the drums sound like a Black Moon or Mobb Deep record from the ’90s,” Galkin continues, “and then layered guitars and synths to feel like drones from an old Twilight Zone episode -or some lost ‘80s B-horror flick.”
Where lead single “Never Never” introduced the collaboration with a warped, sax-driven funk, “Won’t Back Down” feels heavier and more cinematic – slowing time down to a haze. It’s another glimpse into Lammping’s Never Never, the first of four forthcoming albums that will take listeners through a psychedelic journey of sample-based chaos, rock experimentalism, and DIY spirit.
