Croatia’s rock power trio SIDE EFFECTS have just unleashed the brand new video “Don’t Turn Away” to celebrate the release of the new album “Descending Rabbit Holes”.
The album was released on September 28th via Rockshots Records.

“Don’t Turn Away” is the first video featuring the new bass player Petar Stojko.

SIDE EFFECTS brings progressive arrangements enhanced with a fusion of powerfully delivered intricate drum parts, fierce bass, virtuoso guitars and poetic lyrics.

The video “Don’t Turn Away” was directed, shot and edited by Denyken.

Buy or listen to our new album Descending Rabbit Holes here – http://smarturl.it/SideEffects_DRH

Croatian trio Side Effects return to bring their progressive arrangements to the world for a fourth time with their next album Descending Rabbit Holes. Enhanced with a fusion of powerfully delivered, intricate drum parts, fierce bass, virtuoso guitars and poetic lyrics this album is the calling card of a no-frills rock power trio.

Fronted and driven by Ivan Mihaljevic’s guitar-vocal-songwriting combo, Side Effects are celebrating their first decade of rocking with a new album released by the Italian based label Rockshots Records.

Ivan quotes about the upcoming album: “Descending Rabbit Holes is a line from the song Lint. What the title means is that every song aims to deeply explore the topic it deals with and therefore descends into the proverbial rabbit hole.”

Buy or listen to the album here – http://smarturl.it/SideEffects_DRH

Tracklisting:
01. Don’t Contradict The Facts
02. In The Shadow Of A Crumbled Fort
03. Scratch The Surface
04. Colorblind
05. Don’t Turn Away
06. Diversion
07. The Siren Song
08. Hideout
09. Obituary of Common Sense
10. Lint
11. Recoil

Check out the video for our new single In The Shadow Of A Crumbled Fort announcing our new album Descending Rabbit Holes!
Video directed by Bjartmar Thordarson.
Actors: Ingi Hrafn Hilmarsson and Tinna Thorvalds Onnudottir.

Listen or buy the album here: http://smarturl.it/SideEffects_DRH

As you can see, we decided to change the band name from the long Ivan Mihaljevic & Side Effects to just Side Effects!
You can read about the reasons for this change in this open letter written by Ivan Mihaljevic.

Hello everybody!

We decided to change, or more precisely shorten the band name to just Side Effects, without my name in it.

There are several reasons for this change and although this is news, the idea itself isn’t that new at all. We wanted to do this a while back, but were discouraged from doing that by some friends and record label representatives. We were just about to release Counterclockwise and they believed that the name change could be a step back since the name Ivan Mihaljevic & Side Effects already earned some exposure. And they were probably right. However, I believe that now the time is a bit more convenient for this change since we didn’t begin recording the next album yet (although we do have more than a couple of pretty cool new songs and ideas), so there’s enough time for people to realize that it’s still the same band. You (yes you, the one who’s reading this now) can help us with this transition by sharing these news.

So, onto the reasons:

1.) Most people know that this band started out as my solo project, but after a short while we began collaborating on song ideas and started making decisions together as a team. A lot of people aren’t aware of this and still think of this band as my solo project, which it is definitely not anymore. The other members of the band deserve way more credit than they usually get and I believe that this name change is a step forward in that direction.

2.) The name Ivan Mihaljevic & Side Effects is way too long and hard to remember. Especially for people who are not from Croatia who, naturally, find it very difficult to pronounce my name. We’ve had a bunch of situations abroad where my name, and therefore the band name as well, was misspelled. Side Effects is much easier to remember and much harder to misspell.

This might seem like a big change on the outside, but under the hood, it’s not a change at all. We’ve been functioning as a band with all the members involved in the creative process and decisions for at least 3 years now. So, we’re still the same band, but with a little simpler name!

Cheers,

Ivan Mihaljevic
guitarist/singer of the band Side Effects

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