RIFF RAIDERS SOUND MIRROR IS WATCHING OUT FOR YOU - SINGLE DROPS 26 July 2026
Melbourne modern hard rockers, Riff Raiders have dropped their latest single SOUND MIRROR and accompanying video to celebrate the physical release of their new album Welcome to Mars, CDs now available through Rue Morgue Records, Bandcamp and riffraiders.com. The album was recently selected as release of the week by The Hard Rock Show who called the album “A damn fine hard rock record… remarkably well-rounded, energetic, and evolving without losing its core.” 8.5/10
So, what’s a sound mirror. They’re giant experimental concrete “acoustic ears” that were placed along the British coast in the 1920s to detect enemy aircraft, before the world had radar.
The song Sound Mirror delivers a classic hard rock punch with massive riffs, a dark stoner groove, and the ominous weight of a pre-radar world on edge and draws inspiration from how sound mirrors might have been used in World War 2, before radar changed warfare forever.
Following the success of their set on Mars Broken Halo video, this music video was once again created and directed by Raiders guitarist and songwriter Marty Powell. The video imagines an alternate reality in which those eerie listening monuments became an active line of defence against an imaginary European enemy, with an Edwardian Pinky Blinders type character scanning the skies for an approaching invasion. The video hits heavy, brooding and is cinematic in an Oppenheimer way, and is another perfect example of mixing creativity, sweat and tears with new technology.
Latest Single from Welcome to Mars 26 July 2026