As they move toward celebrating their 10th anniversary in 2025, Seattle duo Year of the Cobra
are defined by nothing so much as stridently walking their own sonic path. Across three
full-lengths – 2016’s …In the Shadows Below (STB Records), 2019’s Ash & Dust (Prophecy)
and 2024’s YOTC (Prophecy) – and component EPs, bassist/vocalist Amy Tung Barrysmith and
drummer Jon Barrysmith have pushed stylistic boundaries and worked to find their own
definition of what a two-piece band can accomplish in terms of volume, groove, and influence.
Growing ever more adventurous in sound, daring flourishes of pop and psychedelia, punk and
densely-toned doom, Year of the Cobra have reaped acclaim from far and wide while touring in
the US and Europe multiple times over. After flattening festivals like Freak Valley, the Prophecy
Fest run by their label Prophecy Productions in Germany, Maryland Doom Fest, Psycho Las
Vegas and more, and undertaking club shows in the pre- and post-pandemic eras in true
road-dog fashion, their reputation for a singular on-stage delivery can only be called earned.
After collaborating with producers Billy Anderson (Sleep, Neurosis, Acid King, etc.) and Jack
Endino (Nirvana, Tad, High on Fire, etc.) on their first two LPs, respectively, Year of the Cobra
hit the studio with Matt Bayles (Mastodon, The Sword, Pearl Jam etc.) to capture the vivid and
varied sounds of YOTC, exploring new reaches of sound and emotional expression. Once
again, the band plan extensive and international touring to celebrate and herald the release,
pushing limits that prove all the more imaginary as Year of the Cobra plow through them, one by
