PÆRISH
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Pærish is a 4-piece band from Paris, France. Releasing their first single ‘Undone’ in the summer of 2015, the song quickly snowballed on streaming platforms (now 6M on Spotify) and got the attention of music fans and critics alike. Their first album ‘Semi Finalists’ was released at the end of 2016 and led them to touring with such headliners as Sum 21, Movements, Silversun Pickups and Moose Blood between 2016 and 2018. In 2019 they went to the USA to record their second album with legendary, Grammy-nominated producer Will Yip in Pennsylvania, being the first European band to be recorded by him. Thier second album ‘Fixed it All’ was released in April 2021 and got very positive reviews from critics and led them to signing with the LA based label SideOneDummy Records. The album achieved excellent streaming results (their single ‘Journey of the Prairie King’ reached 1.3 streams on Spotify). At the close of 2022, Pærish went back to Philadelphia to record their latest album with Will Yip. With the release scheduled for later in 2023, again via SideOneDummy Records, the band are gearing up for an eventful 2023 and 2024.
COVEY
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Tom Freeman—the Brooklyn-based British artist and musician known as Covey—has had a weird year. He did a Tour To Nobody, playing shows in rural locations across the American northeast for, well, nobody. He recorded the audio and video, turning the audio into a record, Tour To Nobody. He created a Tik Tok account, via which he began sharing the figurines which would adorn the cover of his next LP. In a matter of weeks, over 1 million followers were tuning in to learn about (and swap theories concerning) the increasingly intricate semi-fictional universe Freeman is building through his music. Enter Covey’s new full-length record, Class Of Cardinal Sin. The record’s cover features a diorama depicting what, at first glance, appears to be a simple class graduation photo, complete with a blackboard with white lettering at the front. Upon inspection though, the classmates are in disrepair. Some are missing limbs; others are casting satanist spells; and most have a human body beneath the head of a creature. Still, they’re dressed and arranged like students, grotesque and miserable. The home, the class photo, the songs: these are all part of a network of synapses that comprise Class Of Cardinal Sin, refracted through Freeman’s acerbic, wrenchingly sharp storytelling. This storytelling is backed by major-key melodies realized on acoustic and electric guitars, bass and warbling keys, percussion that shifts from gentle to titanic. — Luke Ottenhof
ALEX VILE
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Tacoma, WA’s Alex Vile began as a solo project in with singer/guitarist Alexandra Vilenius and has turned into a 4 piece Modern, Indie Grunge band with the addition of Kaelyn Stevens on bass, Leo Quale on lead guitar & Evan Hartung on drums. Their DIY roots and diverse musical taste has put their own twist on the genres crafting a space to thrive in. Alex Vile has played numerous shows on the West Coast and has recorded an album worth of songs with Producer Jim Kaufman (Everclear, Helmet, Night Riots).
