# Large Mirage return with Watching, a psych-rock meditation on surveillance **New Music** — On Your Markus **Published:** 20 October 2026 **Author:** Markus Hamence **Source:** https://onyourmarkus.au/new-music-releases/large-mirage-watching/ Large Mirage release new single Watching today, the second track from their forthcoming EP Wildfire. The Adelaide psych-rock band explore surveillance and technology through heavy guitar riffs, elaborate vocal harmonies and an unconventional anti-chorus, recorded live without click tracks or samples and produced by Michael Badger. --- LARGE MIRAGE have once again cemented their place as one of the most compelling acts on the Australian circuit, returning today with mesmerising new single *[Watching](https://us.list-manage.com/CHbNdT39xPY?e=220f1bd8bb&c2id=0c4f074a7248f1c39f90f475a2115518)**.* The second single from their forthcoming EP *Wildfire*, *WATCHING *captures the band’s distinctive take on heavy psych rock, bringing uncompromised power, songwriting and musicianship into the arena of contemporary rock. Charged by a timeless-sounding riff, elaborate vocal harmonies, and a unique anti chorus, *Watching* delivers an inspired psychedelic guitar solo that revives the authenticity and melodic flair of classic rock and will make guitar players want to pick up their guitars and practise! **Beneath its lush, smouldering soundscape, the track explores society’s increasingly complicated relationship with technology, convenience and the endless cycle of watching and being watched.** ![Two musicians with long hair stand in a wood-panelled room beneath the "Large Mirage Watching" logo in gold and red lettering.](https://media.onyourmarkus.au/admin/2026/10/8a971da4-04c5-4549-956c-8a8fb18afe29.jpg) *WATCHING’s *predictive ‘anti-chorus’ reminds us all that: ‘*It’s a damn sure sign they’ll be watching brother, so now ain’t the time to mess it up.*’ A fitting warning heralded in these times of increasing global surveillance and the dawning of AI across untrained populations. “*WATCHING *is what we used to do when we had time on our wrists. Devices replace real time-keepers and are selling and telling us how to become our future selves, watching us and tracking virtual approval from virtual friends, propelling us, towards virtual futures, and the underlying fear of losing it all in one wrong virtual move” Kolya Chan explains. The band’s commitment to a timeless sound is central to *WATCHING*.  Recorded live, without click tracks or samples, the single captures LARGE MIRAGE’s refreshingly old-school approach to making music.  Acclaimed Melbourne producer Michael Badger (King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Amyl & The Sniffers, Full Flower Moon Band) lends his expertise to the recording, facilitating the band to preserve their analogue roots while bringing their expansive sound to life. Following various festival appearances as a ‘discovery band’, plus major support slots for AC/DC at Accor Stadium and TISM at PICA, and alongside headline shows in Sydney and Melbourne, LARGE MIRAGE continue to build a formidable reputation. LARGE MIRAGE head out on the WATCHING TOUR set to start aboard SOLD OUT ‘ROCK THE BOAT CRUISE 2026’ featuring  iconic KINGS OF CHAOS with members of ZZ Top, Bon Jovi, Cheap Trick, Guns n’ Roses, The Cult and Megadeth and after return to an appearance on CRAFTED FESTIVAL in Newcastle before proceeding with a multi-date Australian headline tour. New dates are already rumoured to be in the pipeline for the other side of Xmas and extending into 2027 and eventually leading LARGE MIRAGE onto the stage of the 21st edition of BONFEST in Scotland – an annual celebration honouring the legendary Bon Scott, in his hometown of Kirriemuir. *[Watching](https://us.list-manage.com/VgLvvm04OPd?e=220f1bd8bb&c2id=0c4f074a7248f1c39f90f475a2115518)* is out now. Tickets to the shows are available now from [www.largemirage.com](http://www.largemirage.com) [Stream: WATCHING](https://us.list-manage.com/mw7gaIOWQjT?e=220f1bd8bb&c2id=0c4f074a7248f1c39f90f475a2115518) ![Bold black and magenta poster for Large Mirage's 'Watching' Single Tour featuring stylised face design and tour dates across Australia.](https://media.onyourmarkus.au/admin/2026/10/dd5e953a-aa48-432a-95e6-bab5a913dcf3.jpg)