

Led by guitar slinger J. Frezzato and banshee vocalist Masha Marjieh, Detroit psych warriors Octopus drop hot cosmic rock on their debut LP. Loaded with retro riffs and hallucinatory grooves, greasy wailer “Strike (While the Iron Is Hot)” and space-age organ grinder “Sword and the Stone” bookend the stratospheric synths of “Child of Destiny” and the Sabbathian moan of “The Unknown.” The howling space rock of “The Center” and the sultry underwater blues of “All the Love” provide some deft melodic balance.