POHL - The Whale

The first single from the forthcoming debut POHL album "Mysteries" on Wrong Speed Records.
Video by Benji Wilson.
Out on July 26th 2024 and available from all good record stores and digital platforms via Cargo Distribution, and direct from Bandcamp: pohl.bandcamp.com/album/myste... (from June 14th)
Since the release of their debut EP "Pohlsmoker" in 2012, POHL has shifted through various iterations, line-up changes and self-imposed intermissions. But one constant that remains scorched onto the temporal lobes of those in-the-know is the glorious noise they leave in their wake.
Based in Sheffield, POHL is a stunning and brutal noise rock duo, featuring former Hey Colossus axeman Will Pearce on guitar/vocals, and drummer Dr Linda Westman of Toronto-based death metal two-piece, Old Hope.
This July the band releases their debut album "Mysteries"; a sonic tome which draws as much from MF Doom as it does doom metal. It’s a swirling, cosmic onslaught of heavy motorik riffs and offhand musings about everything and nothing in equal measure.
"The Whale" summons the glorious thunder pop of Torche, the pithy lyricism of K.A.R.P. and the DIY derring-do ethos of Guided by Voices. As guitarist/vocalist Will Pearce explains:
“I suppose you could say that "Mysteries" is an album about grief. How we live with grief, and how we overcome it. When you’re trapped in the belly of the beast, and all seems lost - how do you come back from that? All I can say is that sometimes you eat the whale, and sometimes the whale eats you.”
Pearce, who played with Hey Colossus on their 2019 album "Four Bibles" and 2020’s "Dances/Curses" is thrilled to be teaming up once more with former bandmates Joe Thompson and Chris Summerlin and their Wrong Speed Records imprint.
Recorded at the band’s own Cool World studio and mixed by serial collaborator and producer Wayne Adams, Mysteries is many things, often all at the same time. Veering from biblical allusions to fragmented Burroughsian cut-ups, it is at once mystical, profane, sacred, and scatological. Profoundly stupid, perhaps? Or just stupidly profound… either way, "Mysteries" demands your attention.
Vocals, Guitars and Synths by Will Pearce
Drums by Dr Linda Westman
Additional synths by Wayne Adams
Spoken word on "Untitled II" and "The Door" by Gabrielle Astin
Recorded by Will Pearce at Cool World, Sheffield
Mixed and Mastered by Wayne Adams at Bear Bites Horse, London
Art and Layout by Chemical Messiah

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