Head Spin — High Orbit (Self-Released, 2025)
Britain’s Head Spin returns with High Orbit, a euphoric instrumental set from multi-instrumentalist and modern psych-prog keeper Andy Scoffin. The influences sit in plain view: Ozric Tentacles’ kaleidoscopic progressive psychedelia and Steve Hillage’s space-seeking sound.
This record thrives on lift and glide, frequently exhilarating. Soaring guitars slice through hypnotic electronic soundscapes, while trancy beats keep the voyage locked to its course. Favorite tracks include “Long Shadows”; “Lenticular”; “Lozenge,” which claims the prize for trippiest track; and “Phase Eater.”
Not everything reaches escape velocity. “Stubble” leans too hard on blunt hard-rock riffing and wears thin fast. “Electric Nail” doubles down on that same muscle at the expense of the album’s otherwise expansive feel.