The Flying Detachment is a four-piece stoner rock band from Sofia, Bulgaria started in early 2014. Stylistically the band consider themselves “multi-phase stoner rock” and describe their music as “Heavy riffs, passionate rhythm and haunting harmonies all converge in music that is thick, dark, desperate, thrilling and headbanging.”
“Eyes in the Stars, Life in the Mud” is everyone’s journey deep into the abyss of uncertainty. We dive into the unknown because we want to change for the better (“Eyes in the Stars”) even though we “live in the mud”. Sometimes we decide to take action (“Seventh Way”), other times we’re just dreaming of doing the right things even though we’re not (“Resting the Bone”). In the search for meaning we discover we are equally capable to surrender to love (“Under the Tide”) or be consumed by hate (“2:58”). We are in control of our own mind and fate on the fantastic journey of life (“Hypno King”) or we spiral further down in chaos (“Ghost in the Pill”)....
The album was recorded in City Studio Sofia and Dark Father Studio with a lot of the material recorded by the band themselves. The recording was then mixed by Boyko Petkov (City Studio Sofia) and the mastered by Alan Douches of West West Side Music.