Out today: PILGRIMS - Gemini

Gemini, the new album by South American post-punks PILGRIMS, is out today. PILGRIMS' sound mixes the cold and stark with the ethereal and wistful, bringing to mind elements of early Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Cure, or newer artists such as Kælan Mikla. Chilean vocalist Juls Garat and Colombian multi-instrumentalist Claudio Marcio, based now in Boston, Massachusetts, explore their immigrant experience through passionate, bilingual songs.

Stream the album, here: https://pilgrimsbandofficial.bandcamp.com/album/gemini

Stream the "Blissing Hour" music video, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UVKmFEW55I

Stream the "Alien" music video, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocyq2W4JC5Q

Stream the "Glow" music video, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TWqD46F44Q

"An ode to old school death rock... that hearkens to gothic roots and post punk present. It’s eerily romantic, but in a heartbreaking and remorseful way."
–CVLT Nation

"Cold urgency and emotional weight collide as the band sharpens its sound into something intimate and confrontational, shaped by survival, and the tension of existing between worlds."
–Destroy//Exist

"Comprised of South American immigrants (hence their nom de plume), Pilgrims have only leaned farther into their identity on the simmering, moving Gemini. Bi-lingual, bi-continental, and clearly bi-genre-curious, their synthpop/post-punk/shoegaze feels effervescent in its desire to inspire."
–New Noise

"Gemini... tempers post-punk severity with a swell of euphoria, letting tension breathe as the rhythm nudges bodies out of paralysis and into movement."
–Post-Punk

"A fog-drenched landscape of sound... All too often, darkwave-leaning bands like this don’t quite feel organic enough, but this group has a perfect balance of electronic elements and instruments plugged into amps."
– Treble

Photo by Rachael Shorr