Pôt-pot share another glimpse at their forthcoming debut album, Warsaw 480km, with new single “22° Halo“. The album is set for release on September 19th via Felte.
On Warsaw 480km , the quintet infuse the propulsive grooves of krautrock with a phosphorescent psych-rock radiance, all underscored by harmonium drones, hypnotic male-female vocal harmonies, and deep layers of rough-hewn texture. Evolved primarily from demos by multi-instrumentalist and lead vocalist Mark Waldron-Hyden during a period of grief and personal upheaval, the album came to life through a series of live, full-band studio sessions that document an exceptional array of talents, unified in an embrace of raw catharsis with a sweetly sinister edge.
“22° Halo” opens the record at a driving pace, elevated by searing amplifier tone and breathy, overdriven vocal harmonies from Waldron-Hyden, Sara Leslie, and Elaine Malone that seem to coo directly in your ear, at once intimate and detached. A narcotic haze develops beneath the taut drums and sinewy foreground, as dueling guitars threaten to erupt into frenzy but relent as the final seconds fade into fog.
Commenting on the track, Waldon-Hyden says: “I’m fascinated in seemingly endless cycles in nature, and how I can relate that back to myself. At that time, I was repeating habits/cycles that weren’t very good for me, and this song was just a way of me admitting to myself what I was afraid to say out loud: I was doing/thinking/saying things I shouldn’t be and it needed to change. The music came from a jam between the band and grew from there. The night I finalized the lyrics we were walking home from a session and a 22° halo was shining in the sky, it was my first time ever seeing one.”
