Paris, France - French alt-emo band PÆRISH have given fans another new single from their upcoming album ‘RITA’ out October 16 via SideOneDummy. “What You Want”, “a raw and spontaneous song born from the desire to stop overthinking”, as explained vocalist and guitarist Mathias Court, is available to stream now.
The song draws themes similar to the band’s first single “Wait For Dark”, also found on the upcoming album, which dive deep into toxic relationships that keep you from moving forward in your artistic life.
Listen and watch the music video for “What You Want”
Once again working with Grammy-winning producer Will Yip, PÆRISH have really focused down on what makes for a vibrant live show and distilled those visceral elements onto record. The result is an onslaught of riffs, driving rhythm and emotion.
Court says: “Rita is an album deeply shaped by childhood memories, the passing of time, and the need to preserve a sense of creative sincerity through the years. Its title refers to a bell tower I could see from the window of my family’s apartment in the South of France when I was a child. Saint Rita, patron saint of lost causes, embodied something both protective and luminous to me, but also the sacrifices and uncertainty that come with having a band and trying to make a living from it.”
This is an album that explores this constant tension between nostalgia and the urgency to move forward. It evokes memories of summers spent on the French Riviera, that very first desire to write music, and the need to keep creating honestly, while also confronting the frustrations of working life, toxic relationships, jealousy, and the fear of losing the creative spark that once felt so natural in youth.
With longtime collaborator (and now firm friend) Will Yip behind the desk for ‘RITA’, the band decamped to the producer’s brand new studio in downtown Philadelphia, even spending Christmas and New Year’s away from their homes and their families. PÆRISH’s working relationship with Yip spans almost their entire discography as he mastered their debut (2016’s ‘Semi Finalists’) and has now produced the subsequent three full lengths.
The result of their close relationship and everything that has led PÆRISH to this point, is an album that crystallizes who PÆRISH are, but also further evolves their sound. Partly, that’s due to the fact that the band really shaped these songs—unlike those on (previous record) ‘You’re In Both Dreams…’—to be played in front of a live audience. It also solidified the current line-up, with drummer Loïc Fouquet its latest addition, and the very evident creative connection they have.
‘Rita’ is 11 songs that hit harder—literally and metaphorically—than anything PÆRISH have made before. It’s louder, brasher, more direct. The shoegazey elements which have been such a defining sound of PÆRISH’s music are still there, but this is, as Court puts it, “more brutal and raw.” That’s clear from the moment the squalling feedback and crashing drums of opener ‘Prince Of Darkness’—more a reference to John Carpenter than Ozzy Osbourne—kick things off. It’s still dreamy and beautiful in a typically PÆRISH way, but it feels intentionally more immediate and visceral.
‘RITA’ Tracklist
1. Prince of Darkness
2. Heal
3. Vapor Cloud
4. What You Want
5. Always Assuming
6. Strawberry
7. Crashing In Circles
8. Wait For Dark
9. Hurry Slowly
10. Swamp Monsters of Malibu
11. Soothe
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