GRAMMY-nominated, South London trio PVA have released their critically-acclaimed debut album “BLUSH” via Ninja Tune. The album’s release follows closely on the heels of the band’s incendiary live performance alongside the likes of Burna Boy, Marcus Mumford, Loyle Carner, and The Big Moon on BBC’s Later… with Jools Holland last weekend – watch below.
Following their widely praised EP “Toner”, the band’s stunning debut album sees them further consolidating the beating pulse of electronic music with the raw energy of a life-affirming gig and reveals more about the trio than they’ve ever previously shared. The eleven blistering tracks from the group, Ella Harris and Josh Baxter (who share lead vocals as well as handling synths, guitars and production) alongside drummer and percussionist Louis Satchell, are made from a formula of acid, disco, blistering synths, the release of the dancefloor and cathartic sprechgesang post-punk.
Ahead of the album’s release, the band shared a trio of singles titled “Hero Man”, “Bad Dad”, and “Bunker”, which have all earned significant plaudits across press and radio, with “Hero Man” being added to the BBC Radio 6 Music playlist, and earning major support from the likes of Lauren Laverne, Mary Anne Hobbs, and BBC Radio 1’s Jack Saunders, who the band also recently recorded a ‘Future Artists’ session with (inc. a cover of Big Thief’s “Not”).
As further proof of the band’s mesmerising live allure, PVA were also recently nominated for “Best Live Performer” at this year’s AIM Awards. To celebrate the release of the album, the band will be embarking on a short run of intimate UK in-store gigs, which starts today in London. The limited dates are as follows:
In-store dates:
14th October – 6pm: Sister Ray, London
15th October – 6pm: Resident, Brighton
16th October – 1pm: Rough Trade, Bristol
16th October – 6pm: Truck, Oxford
17th October – 8pm: Banquet, Kingston
In addition to the in-store dates, PVA + friends will DJ an album launch party at The Social, London tonight. The event will start at 21:00 – tickets are available HERE
The band also recently announced their biggest UK / EU headline tour to date, which will take place across October and November 2022 in support of “BLUSH”. The tour follows on from a series of incendiary performances across Latitude Festival, Standon Calling, The Great Escape, Route du Rock, Into The Great Wide Open, Congés Annulés, and Wilderness this year, as well as SXSW in 2021.
