photo by Jasmin Storch
The synth sound on Swedish-duo Pale Honey's new single Treat You Good (the second single from their upcoming third album) sounds so incredible and conjures up another time and place. I mean (to me) it does have a nostalgic nod to the 80's or maybe even late 70's proto punk as does the sound of the (exquisitely raw) chorus when everything drops out except for Nelly Daltrey's snappy punk drums , cool jagged guitar and Tuva Lodmark's dreamy, yet emotionally complex, vox. Moments later bedroom pop synths wrap around the sounds. My mind is sort of all over the place and maybe this song is too if you listen to all the nuances and tie them to periods of music past, present or future.
Pale Honey, Sweden, Tuva Lodmark (guitar and vocals), Nelly Daltrey (drums), upcoming third album, indie pop, punk whimsy, electro punk, jagged guitars, emotionally complex
The main take away is that Treat You Good is perfectly unpredictable and Lodmark's vocal aesthetic, set against all this punk whimsy, is pop perfect, impassioned, dreamy, alluring and commanding.
Pale Honey are Tuva Lodmark (guitar and vocals) and Nelly Daltrey (drums) and Live accompanied by (producer) Anders Lagerfors on guitar, bass and electronics.
Pale Honey will embark on a club tour in March kicking off in Copenhagen March 7.
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
Swedish-duo Pale Honey release their new single 'Treat You Good', the second single from upcoming third album, follow up to 2017 album 'Devotion'.
Treat You Good is all about being dangerously, painfully and manically in love. When it’s impossible to think of anything else but that one person. A romance that is doomed to fail, but until then anything can and should happen.
It’s wrong, and we know it. Your wife might know it. But at this moment the stars have aligned. The song is naive and playful, desperately howling for someones sweet caress. Don’t overthink it. Have a Gin Tonic. Give in to the pleasures.
The single follows the previously released Set Me Free. Both songs are taken from Pale Honeys third album, set for September 2020.
The artwork for the new singles features illustration by Daltrey and looks to “portray different forms of what Pale Honey is. At the time, I actually just wanted to sit by myself and create something without showing it to anyone. But I feel like the illustrations found their way into the music. They are a tribute to everyone I look up to.”
The band will embark on a club tour in March kicking off in Copenhagen March 7.
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