Evolfo - Of Love [LP]

Evolfo are on a mission to do "psychedelic" in their own way. The band’s sound – expressive, untethered and ecstatic – is uninhibited by the confines of genre but inspired by psych-rock's spirit of experimentation. Evolfo can't be contained, whether on your turntable or onstage. Evolfo's upcoming release, Of Love, continues the band's evolution by planting both feet in a brave new world of songs built upon many hours of experimentation and group improvisation. Out May 2026 on the band's own Food Of Love label, Of Love culls their expansive ear into 13 exploratory, straight-from-the-heart tracks: lead single "Rest Your Head On The Stone" marks Evolfo's new era with a tale of loss and surrender. The band showcase the breadth of their psychedelic viewpoint with the hypnotic and danceable "Restless Seed" and through lyrical barrage of "The Committee." Looping outlier "Silver Dog" harkens back to a primordial version of Evolfo; one that's more Captain Beefheart and less Khruangbin-influenced. While Of Love represents a new frontier for Evolfo, growth and experimentation is the bedrock of the band. Since forming over a decade ago, the seven-piece have culled a sonic universe that pushes the boundaries of psych rock – developing a devoted following among DIY scenes, festival communities, and far beyond. On Of Love – and across their two prior EPs, multiple singles and innumerable raucously received performances – Evolfo offers a feast of expressive psych soul, sinister garage, and spaced-out experimental rock a la Can and Yes. "We don't do the typical psychedelic rock platitudes," says guitarist and vocalist Matt Gibbs. "We treat the word 'psychedelic' as an opportunity to explore sonic and conceptual limits. That's what psychedelic really means, mind manifesting, like where the mind expands to accept something new. " Of Love was born at the band's brand new studio, Sound Home, where Rafferty Swink recorded hundreds of hours of jams just for fun. "We weren't thinking about anything other than expressing our hive mind, experimenting and trying to get into a deeper, connected space as a group," Swink says, adding that the studio itself became an instrument. "All of us are playing in a very uninhibited way, and I think that gives the record a lot of magic." To further shirk their inhibitions, Evolfo established Sound Home and their Food Of Love label so the bands and its community "could have more creative flexibility and freedom." Change begins at home, and at the studio, the collective – Swink (keys, vox), Matt Gibbs, Ben Adams, (guitar, vox), Ronnie Lanzilotta (bass), Dave Palazola (drums), Kai Sorensen (guitar, vox), and Jared Yee (saxophone) – trusted their inner collective compass, instinctively adding notes of feeling and vibe to an amorphous aural stew. They spent the next few years parsing through those recordings, picking which song seedlings to cultivate. Evolfo iterated on their id-fueled, lightning-in-a-bottle moments to create an album of sonic and interpersonal progression that explores a broader frequency of emotions and topics. "We've gone back to the forge so many times that we're able to express something that's truly unique to the gathering," Gibbs adds. Of Love is a testament to Evolfo's collective growth and love for each other. "The art is only as good as what you learn about yourself while you're making it," Gibbs continues. "I'd encourage people to take the rock stardom out of music and just make an album with your friends."