Love Drips & Gathers Piroshka SKU: BELLA1219V Barcode: 5400863046750 19.00 £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Bella Union Released Date: 23rd July 2021 Buying Format: 1LP Coloured Vinyl Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Bella Union are thrilled to announce the release of Piroshka’s stunning second album, Love Drips And Gathers, out 23rd July. The album builds on the acclaim of the band’s 2018 debut LP “Brickbat” and the reputations of former members of Lush, Moose, Elastica and Modern English. Piroshka emerged in 2018, four individuals with distinct musical identities but also overlapping histories – a combination that might have unsettled, or even overwhelmed, some bands. But in their case, the bond only got stronger. After “Brickbat” explored social and political divisions by way of what MOJO described as “Forceful, driving garage songs and dream-pop epics”, Love Drips And Gathers follows a more introspective line – the ties that bind us, as lovers, parents, children, friends – to a suitably subtler, more ethereal sound, whilst still revelling in energy and drama. “If Brickbat was our Britpop album, then Love Drips And Gathers is shoegaze!” reckons vocalist/guitarist Miki Berenyi, formerly of Lush, a band that effortlessly bridged the two genres like no other. “It wasn’t intentional; we just wanted a different focus. I’ve always seen debut albums as capturing a band’s first moments, when you really have momentum, and then the second album is the chance for a more thoughtful approach.” Bassist Mick Conroy (Modern English) agrees. “Brickbat was a classic first album; noisy and raucous. On Love Drips And Gathers, we’ve calmed down and explored sounds, and space.” To recap; before Miki and KJ ‘Moose’ McKillop were a couple (and parents), they were pivotal figures on the London-centric 90s indie scene. Likewise, Elastica, whose drummer Justin Welch was part of Lush’s 2017 reunion, whilst Mick had played for both Moose and – on their last ever gig – Lush. As Lush Mark II came to an end, Justin persuaded Miki (who’d abandoned music when Lush first split in 1997) to start another band, Piroshka, which in turn reignited Moose’s own long-dormant ambitions. Whilst Justin and Miki were the dominant influence on Brickbat, this time Moose and Mick were given greater control over the production, with invaluable assistance from Bella Union’s in-house engineer Iggy. The way Love Drips And Gathers changes shape and dynamic is less a reprise of nineties Brit indie than a transformation into a more shivery, Euro-mantic version with glistening electronic filigrees. The opening ‘Hastings’ sets the tone. Luminous drops of guitar underpin Miki’s becalmed vocal before drums, bass and a Mellotron add pace while the decorative coda features their old pal Terry Edwards on flugelhorn. Framed by Mellotron, cello and piano. ‘The Knife-Thrower’s Daughter’ emphatically proves Piroshka can be restrained without losing any essence of drama: the calm before the euphoria pure-pop storm of ‘Scratching At The Lid’. The words ‘ethereal’ and ‘shimmering’ were surely invented for the likes of ‘Loveable’, but the uncanny DNA of ‘V.O.’ is less categorisable – a Bond theme in the making with electro-gliding beats, perhaps? ‘Wanderlust’ and ‘Echoloco’ might be described as Francophile cousins of Lush before the haunting lullaby of ‘Familiar’ segues into the pulsing, rippling instrumental finale ‘We Told You’ – more eighties synth drama than nineties indie, with vocal samples played on what Moose calls, “the Miki-tron.” Love Drips And Gathers – named after a line in a Dylan Thomas poem – was inspired by love, family, belonging, memory. Miki and Moose split the eight lyrics, with some poignant overlaps here too. Miki’s ‘Loveable’ looks to Moose; Moose’s ‘The Knife-Thrower’s Daughter’ looks to Miki, but also their daughter Stella and his sister Anna; an empathic, touching embrace of the women in his life. Staying within the family, Moose eulogises his late mother (the idyllic childhood seaside trip of ‘Hastings 1973’) and father (the more conflicted ‘Scratching At The Lid’). On ‘V.O.’, Miki pays fond tribute to Vaughan Oliver, 4AD’s legendary in-house art director who died suddenly in December 2019, and who had a particularly close relationship with Lush during their time on the label (like Brickbat, Love Drips And Gathers’ beautiful and enigmatic artwork is by Vaughan’s former design partner Chris Bigg). Love Drips And Gathers’ nine tracks will each have its own video (all to be made by Connor Kingsley), with a continuing thread that will eventually create one story. Piroshka’s own story is rooted in family – both those you’re born with, and those (friends) you choose. Artist Piroshka Genre Rock And Pop Label Bella Union Buying Options 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country UK Track Listings 1 Hastings 1973 2 The Knife Thrower's Daughter 3 Scratching at the Lid 4 Loveable 5 V.O. 6 Wanderlust 7 Echo Loco 8 Familiar 9 We Told You Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Piroshka and more from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Piroshka Brickbat Rock And Pop | Bella Union | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 12th February 2019 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Piroshka Brickbat £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Bella Union SKU: BELLA865V Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 12th February 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Academic, The Sitting Pretty Rock And Pop | EMI | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 10th February 2023 £24.00 - £26.00 Select options Academic, The Sitting Pretty £24.00 - £26.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: EMI Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 10th February 2023 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Destroyer Labyrinthitis Rock And Pop | Bella Union | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 17th June 2022 £21.00 - £22.00 Select options Destroyer Labyrinthitis £21.00 - £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Bella Union Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 17th June 2022 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Bill Botting & The Two Drink Minimums Better Friends Rock And Pop | Fika / Where Its At Is Where You Are | 1LP Released 24th March 2017 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bill Botting & The Two Drink Minimums Better Friends £14.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Fika / Where Its At Is Where You Are SKU: 2B2DM001LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 24th March 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Pixies Doolittle Rock And Pop | 4AD | 1LP Released 8th September 2004 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Pixies Doolittle £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: 4AD SKU: CAD905 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 8th September 2004 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Black Francis Live at the Hotel Utah Saloon Rock And Pop | Demon | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 16th July 2021 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Black Francis Live at the Hotel Utah Saloon £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Demon SKU: DEMREC938 Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 16th July 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Kingdom Neurofire Rock And Pop | Fade To Mind | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 18th September 2020 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Kingdom Neurofire £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Fade To Mind SKU: FADELP005 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 18th September 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Neil Young Live at Massey Hall Rock And Pop | Reprise | 180g, 2LP Released 13th November 2012 £45.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Neil Young Live at Massey Hall £45.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Reprise SKU: AREP43328 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 13th November 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Japan Assemblage Rock And Pop | Fame | 1LP Released 29th February 2024 £12.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Japan Assemblage £12.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Fame SKU: nn281955 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 29th February 2024 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited Rock And Pop | We Are Legacy | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 26th March 2021 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited £25.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: We Are Legacy SKU: 19439843101 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 26th March 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Paul McCartney & Wings One Hand Clapping Rock And Pop | UMC/EMI | 2LP Released 14th June 2024 £39.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Paul McCartney & Wings One Hand Clapping £39.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: UMC/EMI SKU: 6508159 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 14th June 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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