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Fans of the group had to wait quite some time for the release of Petrolea, as it had been nearly three years since the release of Siddharta's last album "Rh-". For their new album the group members had decided on a different method of promotion - to invite fans, friends and co-workers to a party where the album was premiered and the music video for the first single "Plastika" was screened for the first time. The purpose of the party was to celebrate and toast (a few times) the brand new album and also for the group to find out what the guests thought about "Petrolea." The event started three hours prior to the official release of the album and guests at the event were the first to have the opportunity to buy their own copy of Petrolea. In recent years Siddharta has undoubtedly been one of the most successful Slovene bands, internationally as well as in Slovenia. Selling out a huge concert with the symphonic orchestra at the central stadium in Ljubljana was just the icing on the cake for them. Through the ten years of their existence they have, in their four albums, evolved from a typical low-budget garage band to a popular but somehow still unique group as a result of their distinctive sound and charismatic frontman Tomi Meglic. Although they have translated some of their older lyrics into English, they have preserved a strong Slovene sound and identity. Part of it has to do with the fact that they know their linguistic limits; the other part is that they are convinced their sound has more soul to it when they perform in Slovene, since it enables them to showcase their unique personal style. Previous to "Petrolea" the boys had developed a slightly harder sound with a lot of metal grips and philosophical lyrics. The sound of the album "Rh-" was heavily polished and therefore heavier when played live at concerts. "Petrolea" represents a return to their roots, a return to the garage sound they had ten years ago. The lyrics nevertheless have continued in the tradition of being deep, clever and open to interpretation. The spring release of their new album was no accident. The guys want listeners to have time to weigh up the new album, and to have time themselves to develop the live sound. They do not plan to promote the album until autumn. They instead plan during the summer to watch this year's Mondial and relax a bit at the seaside. Their only promotional event of the summer is a performance at the Exit festival in Novi Sad. Bostjan, Cene, Jani, Primoz, Tomaz and Tomi take their jobs as musicians seriously, but just to add a bit of fun to "Petrolea" they released the album in two different colours, and are now planning on adding two more colours to the cover. As for their upcoming autumn performances, they are quietly discussing maybe adding a bit of an unplugged acoustic sound to their latest songs.