Pygmy Lush

Pygmy Lush

Cold World / Guilt

Lovitt

***The Cold World/Guilt 7-inch contains two soul-crushing and beautiful PYGMY LUSH “quiet-songs,” which were recorded by KURT BALLOU in Salem, MA, to be on Old Friends, but did not fit onto that album. Dark in the truest sense of the word, the two songs use relatively minimal instrumentation and a clever use of space to create a haunting atmosphere. Adding to it are the fantastic vocal deliveries by JOHNNY WARD and AIMEE ARGOTE (DES ARK), who lends her vocals to one of the tracks, as well as beats by new drummer ERIC KANE (STRIKE ANYWHERE). (STREET DATE - 5/03/2011)

Pygmy Lush

Old Friends

Lovitt

***Acoustic strums, beautiful vocal harmonies, pianos, keyboards, and swelling ambient noise— not the kind of music one might assume would come from a band made up of veteran punk musicians, on a veteran punk record label. This is just the next step in the journey of Northern Virginia’s PYGMY LUSH, one that has been marked by redefinition and rebirth. The sound of this record is one that’s come only with age and experience, after thousands of miles have been logged in cramped touring vans. They’re following a path that many punks seem to follow as the years go on; The need for quiet, the need for space, for reflection and introspection, but the same amount of need for honesty, passion and expression. These feelings get put into something tangible in an old farmhouse near a far out Washington DC suburb, where Pygmy Lush live, write and practice, tucked away. They’ve tried to carve out a niche of solace in the middle of endless sameness, a place where they can stand. A lot of the songs are about friendships and connection, unsurprisingly. The things that bind us together through the years, and the things that split us apart. A couple of new members help to seal the deal on Old Friends. AIMEE ARGOTE of DES ARK; friend, tourmate, labelmate, and now honorary member, contributes vocals to over half the tracks, and some piano as well. You might have seen new drummer ERIC KANE over the years, serving up a fast paced...

Pygmy Lush

Mount Hope

Lovitt

***BACK IN STOCK!!! PYGMY LUSH, whose members have cut their teeth in some of Northern Virginia's most influential hardcore bands of the last decade including PG.99, MAJORITY RULE, MALADY, CITY OF CATERPILLAR and CRESTFALLEN, return with their much anticipated second full-length, Mount Hope. Their first record, Bitter River (Robotic Empire), featured noise-punk tracks mixed in with some of the quieter songs. Those more restrained songs, which had at first been an aside, began to over take the set, and now make up Mount Hope. The sound suites them. The songs feel haunted. Still filled to the brim with a sense of abandon, only here they have put down their angst for introspection, traded their aggression for a slow grit. Now on 180-gram vinyl!

Pygmy Lush

Bitter River

Robotic Empire

Sterling, Virginia’s Pygmy Lush’s debut album serves as the culmination of every influence these young men have ever had, all wrapped around each other in what essentially sounds like a seasoned band covering a solid mixtape. Bitter River’s 14 songs span nearly the entire underground/independent music spectrum, ranging from tracks that sound like The Black Heart Procession to Born Against to Tom Waits to The Jesus Lizard to Bob Dylan to One-Eyed God Prophesy to Nirvana to... you get the picture, right?  The five fellows of Pygmy Lush have cut their teeth in some of Northern Virginia’s most influential punk/hardcore bands of the last decade or so, including Pg.99, Majority Rule, Malady, City of Caterpillar, Crestfallen, Hissing Choir, and many more. The CD version comes with a 16-page lyric book and two bonus tracks.