Psych Montano, who plays Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on March 6, 2025. Credit: Photo by Dave Decker

Dig up your best explorer outfit because Psych Montano wants folks to dress the theme (“Tomb Raider,” “The Mummy,” “Indiana Jones”) for this Skeleton Key album release.

Three years in the making, the album features locals (Shevonne, DJ Qeys), plus national emcees (Alfred Banks), and is produced by Bay area producer Spontonola, who’ll warm up the crowd with a beat set. After that, a live band joins the Tampa rapper to play the album in full, just hours before it arrives on streaming services.

The album’s latest single, “Vice City” includes Shevonne and is an allusion to the temptations the album’s main character must navigate.

“The song builds from apprehension about people and my own shortcomings, evolving into more of a state of self-reflection and acknowledging that not everyone is your friend,” Montano told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. “However, that doesn’t mean you can’t find your tribe and ultimately where you fit in.”

Tickets to the Psych Montano album release party on Thursday, March 6 at Crowbar in Ybor City are still available and start at $20.

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This article appears in Feb 20-26, 2025.