…funk-infused, head-bopping percussion and lush, cloudy guitar/synth layers fuse in a pulsing, kaleidoscopic sonic trip…
-Grotesqualizer
The track reflects that approach, combining layered harmonies, swirling guitar lines, vintage synth textures, and dynamic percussion to create a sprawling, high-energy soundscape.
‘Double Black Diamond’ highlights the duo’s willingness to push boundaries and embrace spontaneity, presenting a colourful introduction to the adventurous world they are building with their debut album.
-Return Of Rock.com
The band’s sound is a delicious mix of danceable beats, dreamy synths, and fuzzy guitars that can make you forget your adulting woes in an instant.
It’s catchy, it’s clever, and it might just become your new anthem. What’s really cool about Kewl Haze is how they mix introspection with party energy.
The result is not just genre-hopping psych-rock escapism, but a document of lived experience: chaos, humor, friendship, and survival folded into something danceable.
There’s euphoria in the hooks, but also self-awareness.
-INDIENOXZINE.com
“Stereo Junkie” is, in many ways, a guitar ode to the power of rock n’ roll to be its own all-encompassing, everything-you-need trip through the stratosphere if you manage to tune in to the right frequencies.
-Alt77.com
Like Brian Jonestown Massacre but with a more well endowed pep in their step. ‘Stereo Junkie’ will be on-repeat for some time.
-MP3hugger.com
The spacious guitars and gleaming synths flow over the dynamic rhythm section. The soft vocals carry wondrous, airy melodies. Steeped in hazy yet upbeat vibes, the [sounds] feels very refreshing.
-TonicGrain Blog
With its burst of fuzzed-out guitars hitting like the rush of a psychedelic trip, the song makes heady use of soaring harmonies and breathy vocals accompanied by a dazzling array of instruments and musical effects. Reminiscent of early Tame Impala with hints of Beck, the song grabs your attention in the way it seamlessly blends 60s psych with danceable beats and indie rock cool. The result is a deliciously intoxicating anthem that rocks along with cheerful exuberance.
-Glide Magazine, on Kewl Haze’s single “Stereo Junkie”
This is music for people who learned too late that fun has consequences but still remain unbothered by them…
Elements of Sixties colourbleed, Seventies swagger, Madchester mischief, and Nineties oddness are all dumped into the same pot, simmering and stirring together until the eras blur into a single, unruly flavour…
The DNA points to The Dandy Warhols, Kula Shaker, Eels, and Cornershop, but the fingerprint remains local….
-Alice Teeple - Post Punk Magazine
…a brilliant mix of modern psych-pop, indie rock, indie pop and shoegaze elements.
-RMas.Mx
… in the same realm as other bands like Tame Impala and Beck.
-Adam Grundy – Chorus.fm
…a propulsive piece, reminiscent of the Paisley Underground, Tame Impala and Prince…
-Jeff Gemmill – Old Grey Cat
But the early sparks have since fully ignited into a shiny new piece of modern psych-pop that recalls Tame Impala, MGMT, and even The Flaming Lips…. Floating through the mix are woozy analog synths, layered dreamily on top of one another to create a thoughtful and fresh kaleidoscopic sound.
-Zillions Magazine
Fans of Tame Impala and Beck might just have a new band to add to their playlists, going by the name of Kewl Haze.
-Alfitude.com
Kewl Haze cuts a new path through the noise with “Double Black Diamond”
Review from Fox Fire Magazine
…percussion meets rise-and-fall dynamics, and angelic harmony vocals flow over guitars and outer-space synths. The whole thing is anchored by a highly melodic bass line in the chorus, propelling the track toward electro-dance-rock bliss.
The sugar rush is real. So is the awareness sitting behind it.
Review from B-Side Guys
“Stereo Junkie” sounds like it was beamed from the Haçienda in 1989… and the execution is sharp enough that the reference doesn’t feel like nostalgia tourism.
The fuzzed-out guitars, dance beats, and soaring harmonies land with the kind of physical immediacy that Madchester at its best always had, but the song carries something that era’s euphoria usually didn’t: the knowledge of what comes after.
The funk-infused, head-bopping percussion and lush, cloudy guitar/synth layers fuse in a pulsing, kaleidoscopic sonic trip.
Review from Grotesqualizer
Philadelphia-based two-piece Kewl Haze shared a riveting single from their upcoming debut LP "Suburban Sherpa." "Double Black Diamond" is groovy neo-psychedelia with some folky-orientalistic Madchester vibes, a la Happy Mondays meets Tame Impala.
…the psychedelic effects provide a nuance that transforms the listening into a sound journey. The result is a topic that moves between the familiar and the unexpected.
-Review from OleadaIndie.com
The song becomes a sign of the duo’s ability to integrate the retro with the psychedelic without losing coherence. “Double Black Diamond” does not intend to reinvent rock, but to give it a twist that makes it vibrate in the present. It is an invitation to listen to how Kewl Haze transforms the energy of the past into a proposal that continues to catch today.
The line “Live it up today, tomorrow I’ll figure out the rest” captures that mindset—embracing the moment while postponing certainty.
Review from R+
The track blends contemporary psychedelic rock with echoes from multiple decades. Organic percussion, classic pop-inspired vocal harmonies, distorted guitars and spacey synths form a rich sonic palette that bridges ’60s psychedelia with modern indie sensibilities.
The arrangement mixes warm organic instrumentation with expansive electronic elements, creating a layered and adventurous soundscape.
Philadelphia psych-rock duo Kewl Haze wants to help you forget your adult responsibilities for a bit.
Review from Its Psychedelic Baby Magazine
You can hear that studio magic on the standout single ‘Double Black Diamond.’ The track hits with beatnik percussion, outer space synths, and a heavy bassline channeling classic Motown. It captures the exact tension the duo faced while making the record: balancing the mundane demands of a domestic routine with a messy, consuming drive to make art.
Premiere: Kewl Haze Shares New Single “Stereo Junkie”
By Caleb Campbell - Under The Radar Mag
“Stereo Junkie” balances between the band’s talent for driving psych rock riffs and bright, melodic detours. They open the track with a fuzzy and scuzzy guitar salvo, pulling from the blistering acid rock of the ‘60s before the vocals lull into a bleary lysergic haze. The band soaks the verses in wiry bass grooves and the post chorus in feather-light harmonies and free-floating dream pop synths, but the chorus is lean, propulsive, and full of insistent hooks. Meanwhile, the lyrics are old-school, semi-ironic rock and roll fare, imagining the band’s music as an intoxicant itself."
Kewl Haze: Philly Psych Rock with a Party Twist
Review from INDIENOXZINE
It’s catchy, it’s clever, and it might just become your new anthem. What’s really cool about Kewl Haze is how they mix introspection with party energy.
The result is not just genre-hopping psych-rock escapism, but a document of lived experience: chaos, humor, friendship, and survival folded into something danceable.
There’s euphoria in the hooks, but also self-awareness.
Kewl Haze appear to have the jaunty groove worked out well but what is even more impressive is their adherence to psychedelic melodic reasoning.
Review from MP3Hugger.com
Like Brian Jonestown Massacre but with a more well endowed pep in their step. ‘Stereo Junkie’ will be on-repeat for some time.