{"id":8638,"date":"2021-03-26T12:13:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T11:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digipur.it\/?p=8638"},"modified":"2021-03-26T12:13:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T11:13:34","slug":"pinhdar-new-album-parallel-produced-with-howie-b-out-today-march-26th-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digipur.it\/en\/pinhdar-new-album-parallel-produced-with-howie-b-out-today-march-26th-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"PINHDAR: new album “Parallel” produced with Howie B out today March 26th, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to another dimension with\u00a0Parallel<\/strong><\/em>, the new\u00a0PINHDAR<\/strong>\u00a0album\u00a0out today March 26th, 2021<\/strong>\u00a0on CD and all digital platforms. A limited edition on vinyl will be released on September 6th, 2021<\/strong> by the English label Fruits de Mer Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The album was entirely recorded during the lockdown caused by COVID-19 epidemic in the Milan studio owned by the Italian duo, who played everything in full autonomy, and was then co-produced by\u00a0Howie B<\/strong>, famous Scottish musician and producer who during his career has collaborated with great artists such as Bj\u00f6rk, Massive Attack, Tricky, Everything But The Girl, U2 and many more.<\/div>\n

Howie B stated that “Working with PINHDAR over the last few months has been a sonic delight. Working remotely on this project was a big challenge for both myself and the band. This remoteness has given an extra colour to this album. One that is shining<\/em>“.<\/p>\n

PINHDAR – a name inspired by the ancient Greek lyric poet Pindar, symbol of imagination and creative flights in parallel universes – are composed by singer and author\u00a0Cecilia Miradoli<\/strong>\u00a0and by musician and producer\u00a0Max Tarenzi<\/strong>, formerly founders of the rock band Nomoredolls and of the international festival A Night Like This.<\/p>\n

Just like further parallel lines in the direction of the same goal, PINHDAR tell us about the genesis of\u00a0Parallel<\/em><\/strong>: \u201cWe consider this album our most authentic and painful artistic creation. Its words and atmospheres were born to save us from the dramatic events, including individual ones, that we faced during a surreal 2020. When we finished it, with a strong sense of claustrophobia still on us, we decided to fly it out, away from it all, and then put our music in the hands of one of our favorite producers. So, we tried to contact Howie B and we weren’t hoping for an answer, but the response was quick and enthusiastic. In the end, Howie B not only mixed the songs but even contributed to the production of the record with his sonic manipulations and his immense vibe<\/em>“.<\/p>\n

Parallel<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is the second record by PINHDAR following the eponymous debut album of 2019, well received also abroad, especially in the United Kingdom, and is the record in which the Italian duo merge\u00a0dream pop and trip hop<\/strong>\u00a0in a personal and modern\u00a0way, with enveloping elegance, captivating rhythms and disturbing gloom, with new wave, shoegaze and indie rock<\/strong>influences. Miradoli and Tarenzi have taken a minimalist approach reducing their sound to\u00a0what is really necessary. Large space is reserved for the vocal parts, going from melodic singing to whispers and spoken inserts, up to operatic nuances or irregular drifts that recall suggestions between Portishead and Kate Bush. The hypnotic instrumental textures are given by the use of analog synthesizers, electric and acoustic guitars, tom, floor tom and snare drum.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0eight songs<\/strong>\u00a0in the tracklist are arranged in coherent succession to each other.\u00a0From the descent into hell of the initial\u00a0Anacreonte<\/em>\u00a0to the chiaroscuro of the first single\u00a0Parallel<\/em><\/strong>, from the vulnerability of\u00a0Glass Soul<\/em>\u00a0to the atypical incendiary nightmare storytelling of\u00a0Corri<\/em>, from the undulating restlessness of the second single\u00a0Too Late (a big wave)<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0to the desert spatial mood of\u00a0Atoms And Dust<\/em>\u00a0(“We walk towards the future in this uncertain time without a present<\/em>“), from the lulling post-ballad\u00a0Hidden Wonders<\/em>\u00a0to the ghostly timelessness of\u00a0The Hour Of Now<\/em>, that gradually turns into a visionary dystopian outro.<\/p>\n

The futuristic sci-fi\u00a0artwork<\/strong>, developed by visual artist Elisabetta Cardella, reflects the shadowy introspection of the lyrics.\u00a0\u201cThe confusion we felt during the months of lockdown, while recording the tracks, pushed us to seek refuge in a parallel reality that however turned out to be\u00a0<\/em>alien. This parallel reality is represented on the album cover as a house, a reassuring environment, but settled on the water, an element that appears on the contrary foreign and unstable.\u00a0<\/em>Parallelis a kind of dream journey through existential anxiety caused by current social and environmental conditions, dangerous for mankind and for the planet in general, and is an invitation to find alternative paths to go<\/em>“.<\/p>\n

PINHDAR, who will participate to the second edition of the Argentine NMER Festival<\/strong> scheduled this April,\u00a0speak to us about\u00a0loneliness and fears, starting with fear of death. Always with a light of hope.<\/p>\n