Somali Yacht Club formed in Lviv, Ukraine in 2010 as a jam-oriented trio before developing into one of Eastern Europe's most celebrated stoner and psychedelic rock acts. Their debut EP Sandsongs (2011) was followed by full-lengths The Sun (2014) and The Sea (2018), each deepening the band's layered approach to hypnotic, riff-driven post-rock and stoner metal. The Space (2022), released through Season of Mist, broadened their international reach significantly. Working from Lviv throughout the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the band continued to record and tour, making their persistence under extraordinary circumstances as notable as their music.

Berlin-based Suns of Thyme formed in 2011, crafting a strain of heavy psychedelia that merges stoner rock, shoegaze, krautrock, and post-rock influences evoking Can, early Pink Floyd, and Spacemen 3. The quartet released their debut Fortune, Shelter, Love and Cure before the five-piece follow-up Cascades in 2016, which expanded into space rock and death rock territory. They have been featured alongside Brian Jonestown Massacre and Kadavar on German compilations and supported UK shoegazers TOY.