A world of heat and surprise involves life on PYNKIE’s sun-soaked third album ‘Songies,’ a summery, blissed out indie rock daydream.

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So flip your dreamin’ eyes to the world, and inform me that it doesn’t matter…

Summertime deserves a soundtrack that captures its seasonal warmth and sweetness,

and PYNKIE’s third album does all that and extra. A world of heat and dreamy surprise involves life on Songies, the New Jersey-based artist’s soul-stirring third studio album. Radiant vocals glisten and glow round a wash of wondrous guitars and steamy drums because the artist involves life with vivid ardour and verve, inviting us deep into her sun-soaked reverie.

Please don’t make me cry
I don’t wanna have to cover my eyes
We’re at a celebration
And you bought me so excessive
Right here comes one other feeling
That I can’t clarify
Like there’s one other individual
In my mind

He seems to be at me like I’m insane
He all the time proves me mistaken
Don’t understand how we get alongside
But when he was a music then
I’d take heed to that very same
music time and again
Till it’s caught in my head, perpetually

– “Plz,” PYNKIE

Atwood Journal is proud to be premiering Songies, a young tempest filled with weak reflections and visceral atmospherics. Independently out August 18, 2023, PYNKIE’s hypnotic third album arrives 5 years right into a profession that has seen New Jersey’s Lindsey Radice, a full-time Registered Nurse, emerge as an indie rock dreamweaver and cult favourite for blogs and critics alike. Following 2018’s neoteny and 2020’s #37, the twelve-track Songies finds PYNKIE on the peak of her artistry, embracing new sounds and experimenting with contemporary kinds whereas delving ever deeper into her personal thoughts’s for a few of her most intimate and diaristic lyrics thus far. The result’s a soothing, dreamy indie rock daydream.

“I’ve been calling my songs “songies” since I first began making them!” PYNKIE tells Atwood Journal. “It began out as a joke and only a cute little identify for them lol, however extra not too long ago I’ve give you a definition for “songies” which is mirrored all through the album: songs which can be comparatively brief, candy, and to-the-point with the traditional pop construction whereas additionally having components of weirdness. The “weirdness” I’m referring to may both be use of an alt guitar tuning, uncommon time signatures, sudden construction adjustments, or simply distinctive melody decisions.”

“This document was the product of me spending much more time at dwelling on my own in 2021/2022 than I ever have earlier than because of COVID! Since I used to be at dwelling extra usually, I spent a giant chunk of my time writing and recording demos in my bed room, diving into my psyche and largely writing by way of flow-of-consciousness. I really like simply turning into a meat radio and selecting up on no matter it’s that flows by me and out of me within the type of phrases and melodies.”

“I even have been turning into an increasing number of fascinated with theoretical physics and the idea of time itself,” she provides. “I really like that music is the inventive mixture of sound and time, and actually wished to play with each of these components in new and artistic methods on this document! And that remained the aim all through the making of the album.”

PYNKIE – named as such as a result of Radice’s pinky finger “often begins hurting” after she performs guitar for too lengthy – credit this document because the product of sound, time, and creativity.

“I believe “third time’s a appeal” undoubtedly applies to this third album!” she laughs. “That’s largely because of my wondrous band members and peeps I labored with to essentially deliver my songies to life! Specifically, John Messina (my bf) did an incredible job with manufacturing and including wonderful ethereal synth soundscapes all through, and Eric Holsten combined and mastered all of it so completely! I’m additionally pleased with my songwriting on this one and really feel like I undoubtedly obtained somewhat extra artistic and experimental whereas additionally making this document extra cohesive and album-like than my earlier information.”

The web is getting boring; I can see by the veil of notion…

From the mild, incandescent glow of “Time_60bpm” to the candy, smile-inducing jangle of “Be Good,” Songies proves as immersive as it’s enchanting: A world filled with sonic delights, jazzy segues, and poetic a-ha‘s. The luxurious “Plz” is an immediate standout; filled with churning beats and charming vocals, the driving monitor rises and falls in waves of cathartic, beachy euphoria. The moody alt-rock outpouring “Unsee,” akin to late ’90s tracks from Goo Goo Dolls, is one other artful piece of musical magic, engulfing the ears within the artist’s unfiltered angst and fervor:

Gotta depart,
Some issues I can’t unsee and
I wanna allow them to go, however I can’t
Had a sense that I knew
However don’t know anymore
‘Trigger each time I attempt,

I can’t bear in mind something in any respect
No, I can’t bear in mind something in any respect
And now…

Now or by no means
It’s proper across the nook
I wanna make it there, however I can’t
Feeling’s comin’ on robust this time
I actually want I may hang around
At the back of my thoughts

Lead single “Crushed Out,” initially launched in March of this 12 months, is a full-bodied fever dream brimming with smoldering guitars and emotional vocals that ache with an intimate depth. PYNKIE describes it as a music about being insecure a few crush, whereas additionally feeling like you might have some form of extra-dimensional reference to them in a dream state.

“Personally, I’ve had goals with individuals in them solely to search out out that they had the identical dream on the identical night time,” she says. “The truth that goals could possibly be a shared actuality between dreamers is without doubt one of the most intriguing facets of life!”

I want I may chase all of the girly ladies away
I want I may take your eyes off of her curls
Okay, you had large blue eyes
And I had little tiny ones
It was no shock that I’d fall
beneath your spell
At that age

So flip your dreamin’ eyes to the world
And inform me that it doesn’t matter

“I’d undoubtedly say that the music I’m most pleased with on this document is ‘Currently,’” PYNKIE says, highlighting the document’s impassioned, dynamic third monitor. “I simply love the flow-of-consciousness lyrics that simply freely flowed out of me whereas I used to be writing it and the loopy bizarre vocal melodies. I additionally love enjoying that one dwell! My drummer (Josh) and bassist (Alex) got here up with wonderful drum/bass components for that one!”

“My lyrics additionally are typically very obscure or have a number of meanings,” she notes, “however one lyric that stands proud to me could be “So flip your dreamin’ eyes to the world // And inform me that it doesn’t matter” within the refrain of “Crushed Out.” Once I wrote that lyric, I used to be interested by a lucid dream I’d not too long ago had on the time wherein I used to be trying round and recognizing the dream world as extra of an goal alternate actuality versus a subjective creation of my thoughts.”

Songies is a blissed-out dreamland for all these seeking an escape, an indulgence, or a candy, summery seduction.

“I actually hope Songies can function a 28-minute little trip by 12 alternate realities (one for every music) and that individuals can simply actually get absorbed in it whereas additionally with the ability to relate to the lyrics ultimately!” PYNKIE shares. “By way of creating it, I’ve been capable of sublimate unfavorable reminiscences and feelings from my previous right into a playful exploration of sound and time. Making songs is my favourite factor to do and I really feel like this document displays development and evolution in my songwriting.”

Put together to bask within the warmth of PYNKIE’s singular, gorgeous artistry. Expertise the complete document by way of our beneath stream, and peek inside PYNKIE’s Songies with Atwood Journal as shes goes track-by-track by the music and lyrics of her third LP!

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Time_60bpm

“Time_60bpm” is the product of me wanting to write down a music to the ticking of a clock. As I usually do in my songwriting, I pretended I used to be a fictional character: a lady sitting in her room looking at a clock and singing/enjoying guitar, interested by her lengthy misplaced lover or somebody she actually missed. I later made a music video with videographer/director Kelli McGuire who introduced my daydream to life. The unique demo of the music was simply guitar, clock, and vocals, however my good keyboardist/synth participant/bf (John Messina AKA “Social Media”) ended up including a bunch of cool synth components all through, in addition to bass and drums solely on the choruses.

Crushed Out

“Crushed Out” is one in every of my earliest written songs on the document. I wrote it someday in 2021 and truly posted the demo of it on SoundCloud in January, 2022. This was one of many songs we partially recorded at a cool selfmade recording studio known as The Cocoon in Jersey Metropolis, NJ. We recorded all dwell drums, bass, and rhythm guitar tracks there. The remaining (i.e., synth tracks, vocal tracks, lead guitar, and so forth.) had been all recorded on my own and John at our condo. Our bassist, Alex, additionally came to visit sooner or later and added that distortion-y guitar you hear on the choruses.

Currently

“Currently” is definitely my favourite monitor on the album and the one I’m most pleased with songwriting-wise I had plenty of enjoyable writing the vocal melodies and love the best way it builds towards the top (which is particularly because of my drummer, Josh)!

Scared

“Scared” was essentially the most last-minute addition to the album. It was a demo I made in like November or December of 2022, when my pal Eric Holsten (the combination/grasp engineer) had already began mixing the album. I favored the thought for the music, however couldn’t consider a 2nd verse. So I despatched it to my pal Victoria (whose artist identify is “april june”) since she mentioned she wished to collab, and she or he shortly despatched again the proper 2nd verse! So I haddd to get it on the album, and Eric made it occur:-) He nonetheless saved plenty of my programmed drum beat, and so forth. to maintain it as extra of a demo-feel, but additionally added somewhat little bit of his personal manufacturing to essentially make it pop.

Unsee

“Unsee” is one other fav of mine off the album because it actually jogs my memory of a vocal melody Julie Doiron would write. I’m such an enormous fan of Julie and have been listening to her a LOT over the previous few years, so it is smart that her songwriting fashion would rub off on me. I additionally posted a demo of this music (together with a pair different demos that didn’t make the album) on all streaming websites in November, 2021 as somewhat EP known as “3 demos?? idk lol.”

Each Sides

“Each Sides” was born as a result of I wished to make a music utilizing 6/4 time signature. (It additionally switches to 4/4 within the choruses, however yeah!) & I had plenty of enjoyable writing it/getting within the bossanova sort feelz. A big chunk of this monitor was recorded in The Cocoon.

Veil

“Veil” is without doubt one of the collab tracks on the album and I really like the way it got here out! I’ve been an enormous fan of Shallowhalo for some time now and so glad we started working collectively on somethin! :,) — I wrote and recorded this one all in my condo, after which despatched it to Allyson of Shallowhalo to sing background vocals/harmonies.

Spiral

“Spiral” was the primary music I ever wrote utilizing 7/4 time signature. I really like enjoying with time, so this one was particularly enjoyable to write down. Nevertheless, the subject material is somewhat heavy as a result of it was about my pal who was going by a psychological breakdown and ended up working away into the woods for about 4 days. Nobody knew the place she was on the time and my buddies and I spent period of time looking for her and spreading the phrase. Fortunately she was discovered save n sound, and is doing nice right now!

Mutual

“Mutual” was my first music ever written utilizing 5/4 time signature. My demo was manner much less cool than the ultimate recording haha. So for this one I actually should shout out da band who recorded most of this music with me at The Cocoon— Josh did an A+ job arising with the completely different drum beats for the 5/4 verses and 4/4 choruses; and I reeeally love the cool bass line Alex got here up with for the choruses! John additionally did an ideal job with the synth soundscapes and different manufacturing he added later~ P.s. we solely practiced this music a handful of occasions earlier than recording it collectively as a band, after which by no means actually performed it once more (but)!

Plz

“Plz” was the ultimate single earlier than the album dropped and the music video for it’s one in every of my finest for certain! It was directed/filmed/edited by a coool human named Evan Deng. Through the filming of the music vid, an ice cream truck man noticed us filming by his truck and determined to present me a free ice cream cone. This allowed us to get some ice cream pictures within the viddd and a few cute photos too 🙂

Be Good

“Be Good” was primarily based off a demo I made in 2021. One bizarre truth about it’s that I wrote the refrain primarily based off of chopped up segments of different vocal strains within the music. I used to be simply weirdly experimenting and thought it could be enjoyable to repeat n paste random components of vocal strains and sew them collectively to see what they make. The consequence was one thing I truly used for sure components of the music 🙂 ~John additionally did plenty of cool manufacturing on this music that actually coloured it up.

*Wind Chimes*

“*Wind Chimes*” is a collab with my wondrous aforementioned pal & combine/grasp engineer, Eric. His artist identify is “Stunning Twist” and he’s the bessst! I had a voice memo on my telephone that I’d recorded of pretty-sounding wind chimes. I requested him if he thought he may make it into an outro, and he went above n past with it! He made it into such a coool factor and made certain it was 37 seconds lengthy (aka my magical fortunate quantity and the identify of my final album;).

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