1. Fluid Flex – 2. Next Of Kin – 3. Tic Tac – 4. Canto Della Polena – from It Felt Like The End Of The World – Little Cloud Records
New and exciting collaborations tonight – from the album It Felt Like The End Of The World by Pete International Airport, otherwise known as The Dandy Warhol’s Peter G. Holstrom and Slowride’s Rachel Goswell in a project that began life during the COVID lockdown.
Their third album, this is a meticulously crafted psychedelic rock journey into the dark heart of electronica. It is also a triumph of process and vision. Mixed by Jeremy Sherrer at Spooky Electric Co. (Modest Mouse, The Shins, The Dandy Warhols), the album was mastered by Dave Coley at Elysian Mastering. “This record was mostly written and recorded during the pandemic so sonically and lyrically it can’t help but be influenced by what we all went through. There is a melancholy darkness as well as a peaceful beauty. The album title came from a “fairytale/poem” that is whispered at the end of ‘Sea Of Eyes’. It perfectly captures the hopeful/scary feeling of change that comes at the end of something,” says Peter G. Holmström. Named after a song by Holmström’s other band, The Dandy Warhols, this eclectic project nails the elusive aesthetic of unexpected yet inviting sound art. Pete International Airport’s quest to build immersive soundscapes that are also classic, catchy songs is successful, in part, due to Holmström’s uncanny ability to curate and his penchant for dropping collaborators into challenging creative spaces—both virtual and actual—then letting them duke it out. This album features numerous guests, including Rachel Goswell (Slowdive, Mojave 3), Alexander Hackett (Pang Attack), Dion Lunadon (A Place To Bury Strangers, The D4), and none-other-than Cheap Trick’s Tom Petersson on 12-string bass, each tangling with PIA’s usual coterie of musical foils with songs merging into Holmström’s hyper-stylized world of symbols, themes and archetypes.
Fans of both groups will be nicely surprised by this one – and it would do you tons of good by picking this or the other two albums up via Spotify, Apple music or Bandcamp – the big plus on grabbing a physical copy is that the vinyl edition is a deluxe version on transparent vinyl with either and orange blob or purple blob. Go with the Bandcamp offer.
