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 Dr Feelgood Classic Rock And Pop | Let Them Eat Vinyl | 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 11th August 2014 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dr Feelgood Classic £16.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Let Them Eat Vinyl SKU: LETV188LP Formats: 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 11th August 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View We Are The Ocean Ark Rock And Pop | BMG Rights Management | 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 11th May 2015 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders We Are The Ocean Ark £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: BMG Rights Management SKU: HOFF195LP Formats: 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 11th May 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Donovan Wear Your Love Like Heaven Rock And Pop | Speakers Corner | 180g, 1LP Released 17th February 2017 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Donovan Wear Your Love Like Heaven £34.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Speakers Corner SKU: BN26349 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 17th February 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Serge Gainsbourg Initials B.B. 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