Blacklab

Describing themselves as a "dark witch doom duo," BlackLab hail from Japan. They established their stoner doom proclivities with a mix of distorted riffs and ghostly vocals on their debut album, Under the Strawberry Moon, in 2018. Their third long-player, 2022's In a Bizarre Dream, only amplified the distortion on a set that included an appearance by Stereolab's Laetitia Sadier. Formed by vocalist/guitarist Yuko Morino and drummer Chia Shirasishi, BlackLab emerged from the doom scene of Osaka with their first EP, stylized 1st.EP, in February 2017. Its three sludgy, self-recor...