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pecq
pecq
country: UK
genre: Alternative
styles: Indie Pop, Indie Electronic, Alt-Pop, Dream Pop, Synthpop
red moon, rare night
EP
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The new EP ‘red moon rare night’ is a record about navigating isolation at different stages of life, looking at avoidant behaviour through the lens of queer identity, medical trauma, emigration, relationships, situationships and distance. Referencing the experimental, spiralling work of Boards Of Canada and Ultraísta along with the meditative songwriting of Sampha and Caribou as influences on their music, pecq bring together a broad set of influences, moving through choppy dance beats, twisting alt-pop melodies and blissful ambient daydreams.
‘Normally we write pretty closely together, but for this record both of us were touring a lot with other projects so it was a super remote process - done in hotel rooms in the middle of the night or in the back of a van driving through the dark. We were passing sessions and voice notes around for most of the year and it’s been cool to clearly hear each person’s stamp on the session but honestly nothing got finished until we were both back in the same studio! You can hear those after hours vibes in the music - a lot of it is set at night and the production’s got a darkness and isolation to it.
The focus track ‘in the dark’ is about a situationship, falling for someone who’s avoidant and getting burnt.
‘I’ve been on both sides of the situationship vibe and they’re isolating in their own way - one cos you’re chasing an unattainable version of someone and the other cos you can’t let someone in. So it’s not a ragey situationship revenge song, it’s about that empty feeling at the end of the night when you wanted to feel closer to someone but just feel more alone’’
Jakes - pecq
latest releases
Single
closer (LVRA remix)
out on December 13, 2024
via Upcycled Sounds
Single
stronger
out on September 09, 2024
via Upcycled Sounds
Single
closer
out on January 11, 2024
via Upcycled Sounds
Single
out loud
out on November 14, 2023
via Upcycled Sounds
Single
It's A Lie (Fen Sage Remix)
out on September 08, 2023
via Upcycled Sounds
EP
Amnesia's Ritual
out on May 09, 2023
via Upcycled Sounds
