Six years is a long time. But if ‘Tears, Vol 1’ is what patience sounds like, we’ll wait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Psychobuildings \u2014 the Brooklyn-born project fronted by multidisciplinary artist Peter LaBier<\/strong> \u2014 just announced their first album in six years: ‘Tears, Vol 1’<\/strong>, dropping May 1<\/strong>. Along with the news comes the lead single and video, The Beach<\/em>, and it’s a whole vibe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Psychobuildings came together in 2010 when LaBier linked up with multi-instrumentalist and producer Juan Pieczanski<\/strong> (of Small Black) in Brooklyn. The band has picked up love from Fader, Pitchfork, Spin, and NME over the years, and even landed on the iconic Kitsun\u00e9 Maison Compilation 10<\/strong>. The Fader’s Peter Macia once described them as “like ‘Ghostrider’ filtered through ‘Let’s Dance’<\/em>” \u2014 and yeah, that pretty much nails it. ‘Tears, Vol 1’ is their first full-length since 2020’s ‘Blackout’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n LaBier opens up about where this record came from, and it’s raw and real:<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I started work on this album in the first year of the pandemic, living in Brooklyn. Alone, feeling the effects of isolation, uncertain times and processing a break up, feeling the loss of love and the loss of contact with friends… This album is a reflection of and a testament to all of that time \u2014 to all of the grief, sadness, political turmoil, and growth both myself and many others experienced from 2020 until now.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n He also touches on the loss of a mentor \u2014 the legendary New York vocalist and teacher Barbara Maier Gustern<\/strong> \u2014 the push and pull of life between Brooklyn and LA, a serious knee injury and the long road back to dancing. Heavy stuff, but it all feeds into the music. The record features contributions from a whole community of collaborators, old friends and new, across both coasts, all collectively finding creative joy in some genuinely hard years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here’s where the story gets wild. The Beach<\/em> was originally written and recorded way back in 2009<\/strong> \u2014 one of the earliest Psychobuildings songs, alongside early singles like Birds of Prey<\/em>, Paradise<\/em>, and Terror Management<\/em>. The original demo was presumed lost after the computer it lived on got stolen in 2012. Then, during the pandemic, LaBier found it burned onto a CD.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOn the Album<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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About \u2018The Beach\u2019<\/h4>\n\n\n\n