Toń & Weedcraft - Księgi Wieczyste (2025)
By Flork
Recently, I reviewed an intriguing debut by the Warszaw-based band Toń and was excited to discover that they returned earlier this year in February with a couple of new and compelling tracks. While technically a single, Księgi Wieczyste (Land and Mortgage Registries) plays more like a short album or split EP, uniting Toń and fellow experimental outfit Weedcraft (also from Warszaw). The four-track release is divided into two conceptual sides, consisting of side A’s Toń and side B’s Weedcraft. All four tracks clock in at over half an hour of immersive and genre-blurring sound.
Side A, which is titled Grunty leśne (Forest Land), features two new tracks from Toń. It opens with Wszyscy toniemy (We Are All Drowning), an epic nine-minute composition that deepens the band’s signature blend of doom-laden stoner riffs and ghostly atmospheres. Monika is at her best here, her voice transmitting ethereal and ambient images, bringing light through the cracks in darkness. The track unfurls like a slow, suffocating descent underwater, almost like an extended meditation on collective despair and the inescapable pull of forces beyond our control.
The second track has an interesting title called Dziennik. Dzień pierwszy (Diary. Day One) and introduces more melodic textures and a fragile sense of emerging hope. Monika’s vocals are especially haunting here, weaving between echoing confessions and raw cries that evoke both vulnerability and resilience. This song alone could also be released as a single.
Side B is titled Grunty rolne (Farmland), and is led by Weedcraft. The two tracks bring nature’s darker, more cryptic energies to the foreground. Grzybnia (Mycelium) is a slow, organic sprawl, where creeping guitar lines connect the webs of life beneath the forest floor. It’s contemplative and slightly disorienting since there are no vocals, yet it still captures both growth and decay in equal parts.
The other track, Gałąź nośna (Supporting Branch), builds patiently toward a textured crescendo, where the instrumentation creates the sensation of a fragile shoulder straining to uphold a great weight. It’s a powerful closer that reinforces the EP’s themes of tension and ecological entanglement.
Księgi Wieczyste will soon be available in a limited-edition vinyl pressing—green marble, hand-numbered, and capped at just 100 copies. This physical release matches the music’s organic energy and offers a fitting collector’s item for fans of either band. It also serves as a sonic companion to the bands’ joint tour, which is called Diabły jelenie chwasty korzenie (Devils, Deer, Weeds, Roots), a fitting extension of the natural and mystical themes woven through the music.
And the Florkster’s prognosis? Thematically (and also sonically), Księgi Wieczyste shows both bands evolving in progressive and unpredictable ways. It continues Toń’s journey through long-form composition and elemental storytelling, while offering a complementary vision through Weedcraft’s earthy style of psychedelia. Thumbs up and highly recommend.
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