Stoned Jesus - Thoughts and Prayers (official music video) 2023

Check out psych-prog band STONED JESUS' brand new track "Thoughts and Prayers". The song is taken from the band’s upcoming album which will be released via Season of Mist on March 3rd, 2023!

The video was shot in the club Hydrozagadka (Warsaw, Poland), hours before Stoned Jesus performed in that very same club.

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Shot at the club Hydrozagadka (Warsaw, PL) hours before actual Stoned Jesus concert there.
Camera work by true fans and filmmakers from Poland Aleksander Kwapień and Stasiek Nietrzebka.
"Thoughts and Prayers" video edited by Sergii Sliusar (who also happens to play bass for Stoned Jesus since late 2010).
"Thoughts and Prayers" track recorded and mixed in 2021 by Dmytro Zinchenko (who actually plays drums in Stoned Jesus since mid-2017).
"Thoughts and Prayers" song written in 2019 by Igor Sydorenko (who sings and plays guitar for Stoned Jesus, which he started back in 2009 as a solo bedroom project).

Line-up:
Lead-Vocals and Guitar: Igor Sydorenko
Bass and backing vocals: Sergii Sliusar
Drums and backing vocals: Dmytro Zinchenko

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Season of Mist has always been known for being an innovative and wide spectrum label, interested in exploring and developing new artists and bands. The label represents well-known acts such as ROTTING CHRIST, ARCHSPIRE and HEILUNG, as well as rising stars in extreme metal like GAEREA, SYLVAINE and REGARDE LES HOMMES TOMBER.

Lyrics:
Every morning there's a ritual
There's a routine
When you're reading all the news
In the world from the screen
For a second sense of powerlessness
Fills you up
People suffer, people die
And this will never stop

But as years go by you learned
To stay under control
So you're lying in your bed
Going numb from it all

In gardens of stone
We die alone
Waiting for someone
To guide us back home
But nobody's there
And nobody cares
Our only answer is still
Thoughts and Prayers

Ages spent just waiting
For the justice from the cloud
Hoping for the higher forces
To sort it all out
Since technology and science
For you don't make sense
Hollow empathy's now
The only way of defence

In gardens of stone
We die alone
Waiting for someone
To guide us back home
But nobody's there
And nobody cares
Our only answer is still
Thoughts and Prayers

In gardens of stone
We die alone
Waiting for someone
To guide us back home
Nobody's there
Nobody cares
Our only answer is still
Thoughts and Prayers
Thoughts and Prayers

[seasonofmist]

Lead vocalist and guitarist Igor comments: "I wrote these songs mostly in 2019, we worked on them through 2020, recorded them in 2021 and were ready to release them in 2022...and finally the first batch of them is coming out as 'Father Light' in 2023! So this is neither our "pandemic" nor our "war" record, this is something I was really obsessed about many months ago – climate change, media numbness, corporations' impact, social divisions...
But revisiting these issues years later shows that they're still important and this is still something that resonates with us – and hopefully will resonate with many other people, too. Musically I think this is our most diverse and mature record to date, but there's a good dose of oldschool Stoned Jesus there too!
Anyway, enjoy this one and fingers crossed for 2024' release of 'Mother Dark' - the moodier, more personal, more experimental sister album to 'Father Light'"

[PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

What a magnificent trio. What a magnificent riff. What a magnificent song.

[saturnskull]

What an addictive riff! Great song great lyrics!

[nathanandrews]

Cranked it up. Excellent Jam. Thanks band and company!!! this band never let down

[ElectricFuneral]

Great song! Can't wait for the new album!

[Evidancer]

Stoned Jesus is always great. I'm actually a black metalhead. But their guitar sound, dramaturgic build up, melancholic melodies and energy is just so much enjoyable that I can hear it all the time. And the singers voice is always on point.

[Brian-ztwz]

Good afternoon from New England..Super tasty riff with a cool melody over the top of it and I really dig the eq-ing on the drums...also so very catchy how Igor let's the chord just ring out while still keeping the overall feel...and the ride and cymbal work during the middle breakdown is so well done I have no choice now to learn this new song too lol... Hopefully SJ comes to the States at some point in the coming yr., ..? Peace from the Northeast...#4Ever Stoned ✌️🤘

[karanen]

OH MY GOODNESS!!!! Some new tones and segues unlike previous Stoned Jesus releases yet within the radius of their unique brilliance. Insane guitars, 3rd March can’t come any sooner.

[lukakul]

Just perfect. Glad to see you playing with the music. No genre restrictions.

[jackmighty]

Love this song….exactly how I feel, you put it into song - ✌️ to you my young brothers ♥️🙏

[MultiMacsek]

Sounds amazing! Can't stop replaying it. So pumped for the new record!

[dylanm]

It's always a little scary at first to have one of your all time favorite bands come out with a "new sound", but goddamn this is a great song and it has me so incredibly stoked for the album release! Your song writing never fails to amaze Igor!

[tiffanycarraro]

✨❤️ Prince Igor & crew this is magnificent! Thanking you for your great music! ❤️✨

[davidmendez]

These Guys are amazing. This is a great video with a killer track! I need the album. greeting from venezuela guys! I'm a fan since "I´m The mountain"!

[Alikaes_music]

Cool riffs and the sound is just great 🤟🏻🇺🇦

[SergMuller]

Tender and meaty at the same time - good job! Also right on time and timeless.

P.S.: Hah, I thought at first glance: "What does that picture remind me of?". Ah, yeah, of course, I was there with you a couple of hours later 😆

[dagreatstoney.]

Brilliant band, ashamed i only herd your music 3 months ago, coming from a man who started with brilliant English metal, to thrash to grunge to Dylan to jazz, 70 ies prog, and then I herd I Am A mountain and i fell in love with music again.
I hope you keep going with such class, and peace returns to the magnificent Ukraine people.
Slava😢

[maksymsoshyn]

Guess, there was said a lot about this song already. I would add, that this song inspires my creativity pretty hard, keep amazing work guys

[helldragon]

Hello, Stoned Jesus loving your style of music I got to say you guys rock I 'm feeling some old school Foo fighter vibes ! 🐉🐉🐉

[JeremyBowkett]

Man, that was _chunky!_ I really dug Dmytro's groove and all his cool fills on the kit. I'm not a musician, but it's interesting to hear how a drummer can keep those skins going during a down-tempo number. 🤘from 🇨🇦