Following the release of their album, Warsaw 480km via Felte late last year, Irish newcomers pôt-pot today announce a deluxe version of their debut, which features two new tracks and share new single ‘The Lights Are On (Demo)’. The band are on tour across Europe and the UK this month.
Warsaw 480km is the debut LP from Lisbon-based Irish quintet pôt-pot, who infuse the propulsive grooves of krautrock with a phosphorescent psych-rock radiance, all underscored by harmonium drones, hypnotic male-female vocal harmonies, and deep layers of rough-hewn texture. Evolved primarily from demos by multi-instrumentalist and lead vocalist Mark Waldron-Hyden during a period of grief and personal upheaval, the album came to life through a series of live, full-band studio sessions that document an exceptional array of talents, unified in an embrace of raw catharsis with a sweetly sinister edge.
A defining element of ‘Warsaw 480km’ is its impressive range of influences and atmospheric topographies. As Waldron-Hyden describes:
“I wrote the first batch of songs while not really living in one place, so I think they have a kind of transient feel to them – developing them with the band helped me process an era in which I was emotionally freewheeling, so they remind me equally of the beautiful experience we shared as a creative unit and the difficult times that inspired them.”
Above all, Warsaw 480km is an album that achieves its richness and aura from deliberate economy, as Waldron-Hyden explains:
“Ollie [Oliver Smith] and Sara [Sara Leslie] are experts at getting the most out of one pedal, a shitty amp, and a guitar they borrowed, a result of innate talent and years of experience; they use some modulation for dronier passages, but it’s their playing styles and understanding of ‘the vibe’ that are the secret ingredients.”
This kind of intuitive connection and collaboration is incredibly rare, and with these ten pieces, pôt-pot accomplish something truly rapturous as they alchemise deep pain into a luminous reverie.
pôt-pot Live Dates
April
10 – Angers, FR @ Jokers Pub
May
1 – Eindhoven, NL @ Fuzz Club Festival
2 – Groningen, NL @ Vera
15 – Glasgow, UK @ Nice N Sleazy
17 – Coventry, UK @ Just Dropped In Records
18 – Bristol, UK @ The Louisiana
19 – London, UK @ Strongroom
21 – Dublin, IE @ The Workman’s Club
22 – Waterford, IE @ Luca Records & Decks
23 – Cork, IE @ Kino
July
10 – Riegsee, DE @ Raut Oak
31 – Waterford, IE @ All Together Now
August
7-8 – Helsingborg, SD @ DIMMAN MUSIKFEST
19 – Barcelona, ES @ Razzmatazz w/ Amyl & The Sniffers
29 – Ravenglaas, UK @ Krankenhaus Festival
September
18 – Liverpool, UK @Quarry
19 – Leeds, UK @ Psyched Up!
For more information on pôt-pot please check their instagram and bandcamp.