{"id":30120,"date":"2018-11-07T12:15:02","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T17:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=30120"},"modified":"2019-05-31T11:00:46","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T15:00:46","slug":"piroshka-announce-debut-album-brickbat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=30120","title":{"rendered":"Piroshka announce debut album &#8216;Brickbat&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Piroshka are a quartet who will be releasing their thrilling debut album &#8216;Brickbat,&#8217; on February 15th\u00a0via Bella Union and its available for pre-order <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001uyD3EhIgi4pbxeXnCkHh0hNh4IyI2t01O9nUME3wLScWwn4WgPaRn2VG8fYYnKWoYgcCx_09KYJgVXvJOyLNLjon_aNGEwbw3EF8UQUhQJKsjMkU_9OTTsLPnZqdu-vUZPuw-IlrIWovxFXtRRkdIS7g0Q3rA8If7vS8-4M93mg=&amp;c=EanmXHXpoy6CncotNXh8iDbdWgwxnnDRSeva_U3FbBeDEUSMyWJgaw==&amp;ch=Ket6670377nFqXFaVDT76VITlLp1SMif9CX71LiRGzR3p5Mw0iM71w==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>. Who are\u00a0Piroshka?\u00a0The four band members are former Lush vocalist\/guitarist\u00a0Miki Berenyi, former Moose guitarist\u00a0KJ &#8220;Moose&#8221; McKillop, Modern English bassist\u00a0Mick Conroy\u00a0and former Elastica drummer\u00a0Justin Welch. To give us an early taste of the LP, the band have shared a first track <em>Everlastingly Yours. <\/em>You can take a listen via YouTube below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WOWkkTKu3mQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The connections between the members of Piroshka\u00a0are tangled family tree. Before they lived together and raised a family, Miki and Moose were key figures in the shoegaze scene, while Elastica were Britpop peers. After 80s post-punk pioneers Modern English split for a second time, Mick became a latter-day member of Moose, while Justin joined the reformed Lush in 2015. And when Lush required a bassist for what proved to be their final show (in Manchester) in November 2016, Mick stepped in.<\/p>\n<p>It was the rehearsals for that Manchester show that laid the foundations for Piroshka. <em>\u201cWe sounded great!\u201d<\/em> says Justin. <em>\u201cLike a proper punk band. Mick brings a huge amount of enthusiasm and livens up the room, and I thought, this is the kind of band I want to be in again.\u201d<\/em> Mick agreed. <em>\u201cI\u2019d seen Lush so many times, it was like playing with old friends. Miki agreed it was good fun too. And with Moose available we thought, let\u2019s all have a bash, see what happens.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Though &#8216;Brickbat&#8217; kicks off with a squeal of feedback, the album is far from a proper punk record, with as much sublime delicacy as physical force, with guitars to the fore but also electronic flourishes in all manner of spaces. Combined, they drive the nuggety melodic bombs long associated with Miki\u2019s songwriting. But it wasn\u2019t a foregone conclusion that she would want to join a new band. In the wake of Lush drummer Chris Acland\u2019s unexpected suicide in 1997, his shocked and grieving bandmates felt unable to continue. Miki, in particular, <em>\u201chad to get completely away from music. The gate just shut for me.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As a parent who was working full-time, it took Miki until 2015 to agree to reunite Lush, with Chris\u2019 good friend Justin on drums. But it wasn\u2019t to be a permanent arrangement. <em>\u201cAfter the Manchester show, Justin asked if I\u2019d be up for something else,\u201d<\/em> Miki recalls. <em>\u201cBut I\u2019d never made music outside of Lush, and I\u2019ve never wanted to do anything solo. I need someone else to motivate me, and in this case it was Justin. He sent drum tracks with guitar parts and odd words, so I wrote some vocals and lyrics, which became This Must Be Bedlam and Never Enough. When Mick added bass, it sounded great. When Moose added guitar and keyboards \u2013 I\u2019d never written like that before, it was such good fun.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The blunt, forceful lyrics are many miles from Lush, tapping the current fear and loathing at the heart of society and politics, sometimes viewed through the heightened, anxious prism of parenthood, brutally honest at every turn. Take <em>Village Of The Damned<\/em>, the words penned by Moose (alongside <em>Hated By The Powers\u2026<\/em> and <em>Everlastingly Yours<\/em>). <em>\u201cIt\u2019s about school shootings,\u201d<\/em> he frowns, <em>\u201cand our reaction to almost being unable to take our eyes off twenty-four-hour news and internet feeds. You\u2019re depressed and appalled by what you see.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Heartbeats<\/em> is Miki\u2019s parent-related lyric, <em>\u201cthe idea of closeness with your baby, and then as they grow, you have to let them go off into the world.\u201d<\/em> And what a world awaits them. Both <em>What\u2019s Next<\/em> and <em>This Must Be Bedlam<\/em> were inspired by the mess of Brexit (<em>\u201cthe idea of unity versus disunity\u201d<\/em> says Miki), <em>Never Enough<\/em> rails against greed and inequality and <em>Hated By The Powers That Be<\/em> was inspired by a button badge that Moose found with the slogan Hated By The Daily Mail. <em>\u201cIt feels good to be that kind of person,\u201d<\/em> he declares. <em>\u201cTo know we are not alone in being appalled with what\u2019s going on.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bella Union&#8217;s Simon Raymonde had been one of the first to hear the demos; he instantly signed the band, further entangling the Piroshka family tree &#8211; his former bandmate Robin Guthrie (of Cocteau Twins) produced Lush\u2019s debut album, while Raymonde\u2019s current bandmate Richie Thomas (in Lost Horizons) is a former member of Moose. Raymonde subsequently introduced Piroshka to Paul Gregory of Bella Union labelmates Lanterns On The Lake who mixed &#8216;Brickbat&#8217; (except <em>What\u2019s Next<\/em>, mixed by Alan Moulder) and to Fiona Brice (another Bella Union alumni), who wrote Brickbat\u2019s strings arrangements, with Terry Edwards (ex-Higsons, current Blockhead), who played on Lush\u2019s final album, on brass.<\/p>\n<p>Together, from the feedbacking intro to the beautifully fuggy dream that is the album finale <em>She\u2019s Unreal<\/em>, Piroshka and &#8216;Brickbat&#8217; are a wonderful and unexpected union of proven talent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Brickbat&#8217; will be released\u00a0February 15th\u00a0via\u00a0Bella Union.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/files.constantcontact.com\/fa31077b501\/59667843-d396-4e4c-b32a-db367993e8ec.png?resize=321%2C323\" alt=\"Brickbat cover\" width=\"321\" height=\"323\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n&#8216;Brickbat&#8217; tracklist<\/strong><br \/>\n1. This Must Be Bedlam<br \/>\n2. Village Of The Damned<br \/>\n3. Never Enough<br \/>\n4. Blameless<br \/>\n5. What\u2019s Next<br \/>\n6. Hated By The Powers That Be<br \/>\n7. Run For Your Life<br \/>\n8. Heartbeats<br \/>\n9. Everlastingly Yours<br \/>\n10. She\u2019s Unreal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Piroshka are a quartet who will be releasing their thrilling debut album &#8216;Brickbat,&#8217; on February 15th\u00a0via Bella Union and its available for pre-order here. Who <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=30120\" title=\"Piroshka announce debut album &#8216;Brickbat&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30121,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[23,28,30,5812],"tags":[7789,7791,7790],"class_list":["post-30120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-music","category-new-release","category-shoegaze","tag-brickbat","tag-everlastingly-yours","tag-piroshka"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/image002.png?fit=567%2C378&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-7PO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30352,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=30352","url_meta":{"origin":30120,"position":0},"title":"Piroshka share new track &#8216;What&#8217;s Next?&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"January 15, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Photo credit: Neil Stewart Following the announcement of their debut album 'Brickbat' (out February 15th via Bella Union) and the release of first track Everlastingly Yours, Piroshka have share another exceptional track titled What's Next?. 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