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Mysteries

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1.
Narrator 06:04
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2.
God 03:13
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3.
The Whale 02:40 video
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4.
Untitled II 01:31
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5.
Revelation 03:37
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6.
Cellar Head 02:51
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7.
The Door 02:22
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Pergamon 03:40
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9.
End 04:00
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about

Since the release of their debut EP Pohlsmoker in 2012, POHL has shifted through various iterations, line-up changes and self-imposed intermissions. But one constant that remains scorched onto the temporal lobes of those in-the-know is the glorious noise they leave in their wake.

Based in Sheffield, POHL is a stunning and brutal noise rock duo, featuring former Hey Colossus axeman Will Pearce on guitar/vocals, and drummer Dr Linda Westman of Toronto-based death metal two-piece, Old Hope.

This July the band releases their debut album Mysteries; a sonic tome which draws as much from MF Doom as it does doom metal. It’s a swirling, cosmic onslaught of heavy motorik riffs and offhand musings about everything and nothing in equal measure.

New single ‘The Whale’ summons the glorious thunder pop of Torche, the pithy lyricism of K.A.R.P. and the DIY derring-do ethos of Guided by Voices. As guitarist/vocalist Will Pearce explains:

“I suppose you could say that Mysteries is an album about grief. How we live with grief, and how we overcome it. When you’re trapped in the belly of the beast, and all seems lost - how do you come back from that? All I can say is that sometimes you eat the whale, and sometimes the whale eats you.”

Pearce, who played with Hey Colossus on their 2019 album Four Bibles and 2020’s Dances/Curses is thrilled to be teaming up once more with former bandmates Joe Thompson and Chris Summerlin and their Wrong Speed Records imprint.

Recorded at the band’s own Cool World studio and mixed by serial collaborator and producer Wayne Adams, Mysteries is many things, often all at the same time. Veering from biblical allusions to fragmented Burroughsian cut-ups, it is at once mystical, profane, sacred, and scatological. Profoundly stupid, perhaps? Or just stupidly profound… either way, Mysteries demands your attention.

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released July 26, 2024

Vocals, Guitars and Synths by Will Pearce
Drums by Dr Linda Westman

Additional synths by Wayne Adams
Spoken word on "Untitled II" and "The Door" by Gabrielle Astin

Recorded by Will Pearce at Cool World, Sheffield
Mixed and Mastered by Wayne Adams at Bear Bites Horse, London

Art and Layout by Chemical Messiah

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POHL is a lofi DIY garage psych noise rock heavy metal two piece from Sheffield, featuring former Hey Colossus axeman Will Pearce on guitar and vocals, and Dr Linda Westman (late of Canadian death-sludgers Old Hope) on drums.

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