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Friday, June 13, 2025

PYGMY LUSH - "It Wasn't a Compliment (Martial Law Blues)"


PYGMY LUSH: reunited Pageninetynine offshoot releases rocking new single "It Wasn't a Compliment (Martial Law Blues)" from long-lost masterpiece "TOTEM"

Virginia collective Pygmy Lush has revealed new single "It Wasn't a Compliment (Martial Law Blues)" from its upcoming album TOTEM.

Stream the song, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uZQh9q87VE

Founded in the mid-2000s as an experimental offshoot of the band Pageninetynine, Pygmy Lush has existed as an outlier from the start, following no script, with output ranging from Pageninetynine-caliber screamo to fragile Americana. After a long hiatus, the band is active again, making recent appearances at festivals such as Roadburn, Dark Days Bright Nights, and Prepare the Ground.

Recorded with Converge's Kurt Ballou at GodCity Studio in 2016, TOTEM was initially shelved by the band and never saw the light of day until now. The album will finally be released for the first time, July 11th via Persistent Vision Records. Pre-order the album, here: https://persistentvisionrecords.com/products/pygmy-lush-totem

Although it was recorded nearly a decade ago, TOTEM is a monumental work of art that feels absolutely fresh and vital in 2025. A feast for the ears and the heart, TOTEM is an engrossing display of musical freedom, backed by authentic emotion. There are songs that rage, songs that rock, and songs that cruise hypnotically. From bruising noise rock, teetering on the edge of hardcore, to meditative refrains that roll along like trains through moonlit valleys, it moves in its own ways, unhindered by genre.

Pygmy Lush guitarist Mike Taylor describes the new single, "It Wasn't a Compliment (Martial Law Blues)," as "a noise rock grunge laden punk ripper by a bunch of punkers who were on a steady diet of Sebadoh, Born Against and Nirvana in 1994" – a contrast to the album's first single, the lush, melancholy "February Song."

With TOTEM set to be released to the world on July 11th and effectively closing the book on that chapter of the band's history, Mike Taylor states: "Yes, we will be writing new music ASAP."

Photos by Elulu Photos

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