Pygmy Lush is back in action, announcing the release of a 2016-recorded album that was unreleased until 2025. The new album, Totem, will release on July 11 via Persistent Vision Records . It was recorded and mixed by Kurt Ballou in 2016 and, with the band active again, they decided to release the record to the world.
The band was formed by brothers Chris Taylor and Mike Taylor as an offshoot of Pageninetynine, last releasing Old Friends (Lovitt) in 2011, before reforming in 2024.
"Frankly, we lost momentum shortly after recording the album. It was a very transitional time for Pygmy Lush where we were trying hard to figure out what this group wanted to do," Mike Taylor explains of the record, adding, "I personally have wanted to release Totem as a document of this era of the band, in order to continue moving forward." In essesnce, the band says, it is a bridge album as their sound has evolved.
Read some old SPB reviews of their discography.
Tracklist
1) House of Blood (Butch’s Monster)
2) It Wasn’t a Compliment (Martial Law Blues)
3) A Little Boy and His Bulldozer
4) Algorithmic Mercy (Prayers Printed Directly into a Shredder)
5) A Famous Jock (The Rest of Us)
6) February Song
7) Band-Aid on a Bullet Wound
8) The Puppeteer
9) Post-Punk in the Wrong Hands
10) Artistic Blood / Blanket Out the Sun (in a world of better things)
11) Nonsensical Whimper
TOTEM recording lineup:
Chris Taylor - vocals, bass
Mike Taylor - guitar
Mike Widman - guitar
Erin McCarley - bass, vocals
Andy Gale - drums
2025 lineup:
Chris Taylor - guitar, vocals
Mike Taylor - guitar
Mike Widman - guitar, bass
Johnny Ward - guitar, vocals
Andy Gale - drums
Upcoming shows:
May 30 - Toronto, ON @ Prepare the Ground (w/ Baroness, Yob)
June 8 - Richmond, VA @ The Warehouse (w/ Young Widows)
Discography:
TOTEM (2025, Persistent Vision Records)
Demos / B-Sides (2016, Self-Released)
Old Friends (2011, Lovitt Records)
Cold World / Guilt 7" (2011, Lovitt Records)
Split w/ Turboslut (2009, Exotic Fever)
Mount Hope (2008, Lovitt Records)
Bitter River (2007, Robotic Empire)
