View basket “Stand Up” has been added to your basket. 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 Arthur Russell Another Thought Rock And Pop | Be With Records | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 5th November 2021 £28.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Arthur Russell Another Thought £28.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Be With Records SKU: BEWITH108LP Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 5th November 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists CBGB: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Rock And Pop | Omnivore | 2LP Released 29th January 2014 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists CBGB: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack £26.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Omnivore SKU: 6651015542 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 29th January 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Charlatans, The Melting Pot Rock And Pop | Beggars Banquet | 2LP Released 14th July 2015 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Charlatans, The Melting Pot £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Beggars Banquet SKU: BBQLP198 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 14th July 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Phil Collins No Jacket Required Rock And Pop | Warner Bros | 180g, 1LP Released 11th April 2016 £28.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Phil Collins No Jacket Required £28.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Warner Bros SKU: 0081227951894 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 11th April 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Beyonce Renaissance Rock And Pop | Sony Music | 180g, 2LP, Box Set, Includes Poster Released 16th September 2022 £63.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Beyonce Renaissance £63.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sony Music SKU: 19658719671 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Box Set, Includes Poster Released Date: 16th September 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Stars and Stripes Forever Americana / Country | United Artists | 2LP Released 24th June 2021 £10.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Stars and Stripes Forever £10.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: United Artists SKU: nn225759 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 24th June 2021 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Styx The Grand Illusion Rock And Pop | UMC | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 27th July 2015 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Styx The Grand Illusion £18.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: UMC SKU: 4704091 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 27th July 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Matt Elliott Farewell To All We Know Rock And Pop | Ici D’Ailleurs | 1LP Released 5th November 2021 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Matt Elliott Farewell To All We Know £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Ici D’Ailleurs SKU: IDA141LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 5th November 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jungle Living In Stereo Rock And Pop | Caiola Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 13th August 2021 £18.00 - £19.00 Select options Jungle Living In Stereo £18.00 - £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Caiola Records Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 13th August 2021 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Leonard Cohen Death of a Ladies Man Rock And Pop | Sony Legacy | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 23rd November 2017 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Leonard Cohen Death of a Ladies Man £18.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sony Legacy SKU: 88985435381 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 23rd November 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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