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Phylis

by Pumice

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I'm Clever 04:08
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Security 02:53
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Eat Ate Tea 02:00
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Biter 05:02
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Toilet 04:31

about

Pumice returns with an exquisite experimental bathroom sink pop record in hand, dubbed Phylis. This time out the long-running Aotearoa band, currently a duo consisting of Stefan Neville and Jade Farley, fracture sore thumbed folk songs into crumpled bricks with riffs written on the toilet. Wonky South Pacific skiffle careens into heady organ dirges followed by galloping blurts of afterlife feedback. As ever texture and accidents rub up against melodies, rhythms are not strict and words are grubby. But with Phylis, the restless band tenders its most exuberant, straightforward and enjoyable pop record yet.

Recorded at Neville’s Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland studio in 2021, Stefan and Jade have returned to the simple and joyful instincts of the earliest Pumice recordings. Nylon strings, drums with the feet, the empty and the absurd. Impossible to think of an analogous to the cosmic comforts on offer here, Phylis once more presents songs that could only come from the world of Pumice.

** LP version to come, likely in 2023 **

credits

released October 14, 2022

Jade Farley: violin, keyboard, guitar, synth, melodica, vocals, drums, reed organ
Stefan Neville: bass, ukulele, vocals, sampler, drums, reed + dog organs, tapes, guitar, synth

Hermione Johnson: piano on 11

Recorded 2021 at WE CAN LISTEN BACK TO IT on 8-track

Mastered by Sean McCann

All songs by Stefan Neville except 9, which is by Jade Farley, & 7, which is by Stefan, Jade, and Jon Arcus

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