The Ultimate Psychedelic Journey: “Echoes From The Sinking Holes” (Full Album)
Unlock the complete sonic experience with Trace And The Sinking Holes‘ definitive collection, “Echoes From The Sinking Holes.” This full album video is a nearly 50-minute odyssey through the surreal, the melancholic, and the otherworldly, bringing together all the tracks that have defined the band’s haunting and atmospheric sound.
A Multilayered Musical Odyssey
This album is not just a collection of songs; it’s a cohesive narrative that explores the depths of the human psyche through dark psychedelic rock, indie folk, and progressive soundscapes. From the opening notes of heartbreak and silence [00:24] to the final echoes of the “stone tongue” [48:20], the album invites you to lose yourself in its “liquid deep.”
Track-by-Track Themes and Atmosphere
As you listen through the album, you will encounter various recurring motifs and stories:
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The Sinking Holes & Midnight Pools: Tracks like “Jenny from the Midnight Pool” [07:32] explore the danger of “wicked grace” and secrets hidden beneath the water’s surface.
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The Nature of Time: Recurring themes of stopped clocks at “half past three” [23:37] and “clocks spinning reverse” [45:55] emphasize a world where time is fluid and secondary to emotion.
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Literary & Mythic References: From the “Paper Labyrinth” [27:21] to the garden of “the apple and the deep despair” [14:48], the lyrics draw on gothic literature and ancient myths to tell a story of innocence lost.
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Cosmic Exploration: Tracks like “Above the Marble Blue” [31:43] take the listener high above the “spinning world” into a “technicolor haze,” offering a spiritual perspective on life as a “ripple on a cosmic stream.”
Signature Sound: Dark, Dreamy, and Deep
Trace And The Sinking Holes have perfected a signature sound characterized by:
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Haunting Vocals: Melancholic and ethereal, the vocal delivery acts as a guide through the “hazy mist.”
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Psychedelic Instrumentation: Swirling guitars, steady hypnotic beats, and atmospheric synths create a “psychedelic maze” [15:53] that feels both vintage and modern.
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Poetic Lyricism: Every song is a “story told in flame” [27:03], rich with metaphors about the “fragile nature of our human skin” [15:29].
The Visual Experience
The full album video features a continuous flow of the band’s signature psychedelic artwork. The visuals shift and evolve alongside the music—from the melting snow and crimson skies of “The Woods” [19:35] to the neon blue glow of “The Silver Rain” [41:50]—providing a synesthetic experience for the viewer.
Why Listen to the Full Album?
Listening to “Echoes From The Sinking Holes” in its entirety allows for a deeper immersion into the band’s world-building. It is the perfect soundtrack for:
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Deep Meditation & Introspection: Let the “cosmic stream” carry your thoughts.
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Creative Work: The atmospheric and non-linear nature of the music fuels the imagination.
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Fans of Concept Albums: For those who appreciate artists like Pink Floyd, Radiohead, or The Doors, this album is a modern tribute to the art of the long-form musical journey.
Watch the official video here: Echoes From The Sinking Holes – Trace And The Sinking Holes (Full Album)
From the video description…
This album is a time capsule from the electric fog of 1967 San Francisco, performed by Trace And The Sinking Holes—a band that sounds as if it once echoed through underground ballrooms, warehouse studios, and candle-lit rehearsal rooms just off Haight Street. Rooted in Psychedelic Rock, Acid Rock, and early Proto-Metal, this release captures the moment when rock music stopped chasing structure and began chasing vision.
Recorded in spirit as a late-60s West Coast psychedelic album, the sound leans into raw analog warmth, extended instrumental passages, hypnotic grooves, and distorted guitar tones that breathe and mutate over time. Fuzz guitars melt into wah-wah spirals, bass lines move like slow tides, and drums remain steady yet elastic—anchoring the listener while everything else dissolves into color and echo.
Rather than functioning as a collection of singles, this album unfolds as a continuous psychedelic journey. Each track feels like another room in the same hallucination: urban rainstorms bleeding into desert mirages, memory folding into dream logic, and identity slipping quietly into abstraction. The pacing reflects the era’s obsession with long-form listening—music meant to be experienced front to back, preferably loud, uninterrupted, and slightly altered.
The production aesthetic draws heavily from authentic 1960s recording techniques: tape saturation, imperfect performances left intact, natural reverb, and organic dynamic shifts. Nothing feels over-polished. Instead, the album embraces atmosphere, repetition, and gradual transformation—hallmarks of the San Francisco psychedelic underground that bridged blues-based rock with the earliest traces of heavy metal.
Fans of Jefferson Airplane, early Pink Floyd, Blue Cheer, The Doors, Cream, Iron Butterfly, and underground psych compilations will recognize the DNA immediately. Yet this is not imitation—it is a modern creation built with a deep understanding of the era’s philosophy: music as exploration, sound as environment, albums as portals.
This release is ideal for:
- 1960s
- Psychedelic Rock
- Acid Rock
- Early Proto-Metal
- Heavy psych fans
- Long-form, immersive album experiences
- Fuzz guitar, wah-wah, analog recording aesthetics
- San Francisco / Haight-Ashbury era soundscapes
More than a revival, this album feels like a missing artifact—the kind of record that might have slipped through history, pressed in small numbers, passed hand to hand, and whispered about decades later. Trace And The Sinking Holes don’t just recreate a sound; they recreate a state of mind.
🎧 Play it loud. Play it whole. Let the decade dissolve around you.
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