PILGRIMS - Gemini

PILGRIMS: South American post-punks transcend borders on new album Gemini; "Glow" music video streaming now

Post-punk trio PILGRIMS announce the February 13, 2026 release of new album Gemini.

Pre-order the album, here: https://pilgrimsofyearning.bandcamp.com/album/gemini

Stream the official music video for the album's first single, "Glow," here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TWqD46F44Q

Operating out of Boston, Massachusetts, PILGRIMS was initially known as Pilgrims of Yearning. The band was founded in 2018 by Chilean vocalist Juls Garat and Colombian musician Claudio Marcio, who met in Chile and emigrated together to the US. 

"We met in Chile, before moving to Boston a decade ago," recalls Marcio. "We just celebrated our tenth anniversary in the US. We moved here for a job opportunity and started the band a few years after. The band helped us a lot, to sort out those first years navigating a different culture, and to meet great people and build a solid network in this country."

Garat and Marcio put Pilgrims of Yearning on the map by way of a series of releases, most notably 2022's Hadal EP and its dreamy lead single, "La Mar." Defined by a duality of cold and warm elements, the sound was built on rigid beats and stark basslines interlacing with ethereal guitars and synths, as Garat held court with her impassioned, Spanish-accented vocals. The songs paid homage to the early works of Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Cure, yet throbbed with their own heartbeat, unique to their makers.

Returning now with their first new music since Hadal, Garat, Marcio, and bassist Sean Woodbury have rechristened themselves, simply, PILGRIMS. Upcoming new full-length album Gemini is the first release under the new name.

Marcio gives this statement about the new, concise moniker: "With the name PILGRIMS, we reflect not only our spiritual journey, but our living experience as immigrants, our pilgrimage. The new album is touched by our experience as immigrants existing in this moment and place in history. We feel a lot of people can relate to the archetype of the traveler, the wanderer."

Gemini's spirited first single, "Glow," drives forward with scraping guitars and shimmering synths, swirling atop rhythms evoking Miami Vice's heyday. Garat's lush, awestruck vocals feel timeless and eternal, expressing universal feelings. "I paint landscapes with words instead of brush strokes," she states. "With this particular song I wanted to paint a picture of what happens in your brain and your body when you’re in love."

Across Gemini's ten tracks, Garat sings in both English and Spanish. She explains: "Spanish is my first language, so when it comes to writing I feel inspired mostly by great lyricists and poets who write in Spanish – Cerati and García Lorca, to name two. Given the themes of this album, addressing our existence as immigrants, it made sense to combine the two languages in my lyrics."

Transcending nations and borders, PILGRIMS' music seems to tap into the humanity connecting all people. Accordingly, Garat and Marcio speak of a global post-punk community where they have found a home: from Chilean artists such as Amöniacö, Binzatina and Diavol Strâin, to Iceland's Kælan Mikla and Türkiye's She Past Away. PILGRIMS have played shows with all of these bands, as well as with great North American artists, from Vision Video, to Xeno & Oaklander, to ACTORS. In an age of division, PILGRIMS are reminding us that there is an alternative.

Gemini was recorded and mixed by Cooper Leardi at Radio 100 Studios in Boston and mastered by Martin Bowes at The Cage Studios in London, UK.

Tracklist:
1) Glow
2) Alien
3) Blissing Hour
4) Datura
5) Storms
6) Amethyst
7) Glass Cages
8) Elegia
9) La Mar
10) Liminal Travel

Lineup:
Juls Garat - vocals
Claudio Marcio - guitar, synth, drum programming, vocals
Sean Woodbury - bass

Photos by Rachael Shorr
Cover art by Cristian Lizama