Pearl Crush is the recording project of Mandy Kim Clinton from Houston, Texas. Utilising a brand of pop that is equally comfortable treading dreamy ambient paths as she is upbeat electronic avenues, Clinton uses the Pearl Crush project to explore themes too big to chart directly. Therefore, nebulous, shifting ideas such as identity and self-expression can be explored, the instrumentation allowing for far more nuance and depth than words alone ever could.
We’re delighted to be able to share a brand new single from the EP today. ‘True Blue’ is a languid dream pop track that utilises a variety of synths and sax to conjure its luscious ambience. Rising from this swirling atmosphere are Clinton’s words, her voice equally captivating as a dreamy croon or more urgent call, thus with an emotional range that ebbs and flows in great swells.
This serves as the perfect basis for the thematic resonance of the track, which details a relationship still unformed. However, rather than being full of promise, the amorphous nature of this tie casts doubt over everything, painting a picture of confusion where communication is attempted but never fully realised. As such, the participants turn to hoping and guessing, filling in the blanks with imaginings of their own. These might be rough approximations of the truth, or pure fictions, yet either way they only serve to reinforce the barrier through which sincere communication struggles to pass.
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Coax Me Out is set for release on the 15th June via Poison Moon Records and you can pre-order it now from Bandcamp page. Pearl Crush is also heading out on tour in support of the EP, so check the dates below and catch her if she stops anywhere near you:
Fri, 6/29: New Orleans, LA at Banks St. Bar
Sat, 6/30: Atlanta, GA at Sofar Sounds
Sun, 7/1: Wilmington, NC at Modern Legends
Mon, 7/2: D.C. at Black Cat
Tue, 7/3: Brooklyn, NY at Wonders of Nature
Wed, 7/4: Brooklyn, NY at Alphaville
Thurs, 7/5: Pittsburgh, PA at Spirit Lodge
Sat, 7/7: Nashville, TN – TBA
Mon, 7/9: Austin, TX at Hotel Vegas
Artwork by Daniela Galindo & Victoria Pena