Alpaca Lips’ Tiny Little Toadstools is the kind of song that doesn’t just play—it pulls you in, spins you around, and drops you somewhere strange and wonderful. Released in 2025 as the lead single from their upcoming EP Somewhere on the Edge, the track is a quirky, technicolor head trip grounded in a deceptively simple riff.

At the core of the track is a raw, kinetic collaboration. That riff—equal parts bouncy and hypnotic—was the launchpad for the band’s creative chain reaction: Jamie Wiltshire’s vocals glide with a stoned clarity, Chris Dana’s guitars shimmer like heat off asphalt, Jon Clugston’s bassline pulses beneath it all, and Joe Ertl’s drumming throws in just the right amount of chaos. Tiny Little Toadstools feels both effortless and intricately assembled. The chorus is instantly sticky (“tiny little toadstools…”), but it’s the acoustic breakdown that sneaks up on you—an unexpected breath of calm before the track soars into a fuzzed-out finale.

Musically, Alpaca Lips sits comfortably in the slipstream between Tame Impala’s lush psych-pop and The Flaming Lips’ gritty, surrealism-meets-sincerity aesthetic. They describe the song as “upbeat, yet dreamy,” and that checks out. There’s an openness to the production—bright, layered, and carefully textured—that makes it feel expansive without losing its playfulness. It’s the kind of song that works whether you’re soaking up the sun on a Sunday afternoon or watching the stars melt into each other at 2 a.m.

But this isn’t just about vibes. Tiny Little Toadstools taps into a deeper kind of psychedelia—one that’s less about melting faces and more about melting boundaries. “That chorus will stick with you,” the band promises, but it’s not just an earworm; it’s a feeling. That acoustic interlude, just before the final lift-off, is a deliberate pause in a world that rarely allows one. It’s those dynamic shifts that give the song weight—moments of stillness and flight stitched together into a lucid little dream.

The band’s next single, Brick by Brick, drops July 21 and brings some edge to this oddly familiar, slightly tilted path they’re carving. With Somewhere on the Edge on the horizon, Alpaca Lips are building a sound that’s hard to pin down and even harder to ignore. Fans of MGMT, Empire of the Sun, or any music that feels like a strange memory you’re not sure you had will find something to love here.

“From Alpaca Lips to your ears—thanks for listening,” the band says. With Tiny Little Toadstools, they haven’t just made a song. They’ve opened a portal. And you’d be wise to step through.