Athens, GA's pacificUV to release new LP WEEKENDS on January 31, 2012!
NEW MP3 (Cleared to post): pacificUV - "Funny Girl"
Photo: Clay Jordan
“…a masterpiece” - Rolling Stone
pacificUV was formed in the late 1990’s in Athens, Georgia. Half the band wanted to sound like a psychedelic Jesus and Mary Chain tripping on Nyquil, while the other half wanted to play one chord for 45 minutes to determine its color. Somehow, what emerged from these disparate goals was their critically acclaimed, 4 years in the making, self-titled debut album that Rolling Stone called a “masterpiece”. The perfect mixture of noise and melody, the first LP was a sprawling ambient landscape that revealed a myriad of influences, from shoegaze to 60’s rock, to slow core to post-rock.
Following a move to Portland, Oregon and the release of their second LP - Longplay 2 - in 2008, the band moved back to its native Athens, Georgia and spent the last two years recording its third, and best, record, WEEKENDS. Featuring guest appearances by such Athens luminaries as B.P. Helium (of Montreal) and John Fernandez (Olivia Tremor Control), WEEKENDS is the sound of a band diversifying: the Magnetic Fields electro pop of "Funny Girl" or the vocoder rush of "Ballerina" finds pacificUV embracing a more melodic direction while still maintaining the lush, ethereal, production aesthetic for which they are known.
This past September saw the release of the band's free self-released EP, Chrysalis, which featured the popular cover of The Smith's "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want." You can procure your free copy of the EP here.
The lyrical inspiration for WEEKENDS is the disintegration of a romantic relationship. What does one do on the weekends once love has disappeared? The pill case inspired album art suggests one answer.
From “funny girl” and “ballerina” to the hangover ballads of “going home” and “baby blue”, WEEKENDS is sequenced to suggest the highs and lows one might experience on any given weekend when attempting to forget the past.
Artist - pacificUV
Album - WEEKENDS
US Release Date - January 31, 2012
Label - Mazarine Records
Tracklist:
Album - WEEKENDS
US Release Date - January 31, 2012
Label - Mazarine Records
Tracklist:
01. friday night dream
02. funny girl
03. just4kix
04. baby blue
05. I'm here (but it's not me)
06. ballerina
07. saturday night dream
08. high
09. be my only shallow love
10. going home
11. sunday night dream
12. unplug me
10. going home
11. sunday night dream
12. unplug me
Previous Press for pacificUV:
“…the atmosphere is thicker, the guitars more towering and the catharsis more rewarding than seems likely on Planet Earth.” - SPIN
“7.9…a welcoming security blanket for the winter’s thaw…” - Pitchfork
“…blissful, atmospheric, space-rock… deftly and beautifully orchestrated sound…” - NPR
“Shoegazing with a country drawl...” - CMJ
“4 stars out of 5 - with a symphonic sense of purpose, the volume ratchets ever upward before exhaling through a sequence of lush but ephemeral tracks…” - Alternative Press
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