pigbaby - Palindromes [Neon Pink coloured vinyl w/etched B-side]

Format: 12" Vinyl, Neon Pink coloured vinyl w/etched B-side
Catalogue No.: PLZ041
Barcode: 5060263728023
Release Date: 27 May 2022
Genre: Indie/Alternative

 Listening to the dissonant, hallucinogenic world of
pigbaby feels like sinking deeper into the artist’s
subconscious. His introspective bedroom folk draws
together the most surreal of reference points - from
Sinead O’Connor playing the Virgin Mary in Irish film
‘The Butcher Boy’, to the online reality game ‘Second
Life’, to random YouTube videos of people fighting - to
imply a doomscrolling, daydreaming mind.
 Pieced together on a small keyboard during a period of
intense isolation, pigbaby has formed a picture of
digital chaos, longing, and loneliness on his debut EP,
‘Palindromes’.
 The artist behind pigbaby grew up in Ireland, where he
spent a lot of time in a record shop in Dublin. His
earliest musical education came from listening to his
grandad playing the mandolin as he sat on his knee, or
his mum blasting Thin Lizzy. The musical loves that
can most clearly be heard in his own songs are Daniel
Johnston and Jim O’Rourke - experimental, ambient
singer-songwriters who deal in rough-edged truthtelling.
 In crafting these off-kilter musical collages, pigbaby
called in friends and asked them to add saxophone,
piano, some Irish folk-indebted violin, and a
Swarsangam, layering these diverse sounds with
scraps of internet ephemera and his own field
recordings. The finished EP caught the attention of Joe
Thornalley, aka Vegyn, who leapt to release them on
PLZ Make It Ruins.
 140g Neon Pink vinyl with bespoke etching on Side B,
housed in a fully printed outer featuring paintings by
Keith Boadwee.