PVA Unleash Music Video For "Bad Dad"

London electronic/dance trio PVA have unleashed the video for "Bad Dad". 

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their highly-anticipated debut album 'BLUSH', due out 14th October via Ninja Tune. Pre-order your copy here.

Speaking on the themes of the single, the band’s Ella Harris said: “Bad Dad explores the internal world of a new father checking in on his son at night, afraid of the lineage of masculinity and how it might impact someone so untainted.”

Watch the video below.

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PVA Premiere New Single "Bunker"

London electronic/dance trio PVA have premiered their new single "Bunker". 

The song is taken from their highly-anticipated debut album 'BLUSH', due out 14th October via Ninja Tune. Pre-order your copy here.

Speaking about it, the band explain: “We started playing ‘Bunker’ almost as soon as the band started. Originally just a looped groove, it has evolved into the live track it is today through various compositions and outings live. The song tries to act as a reminder to overcome the want to chase things that ultimately lead to isolation.”

The eleven blistering tracks from the group, Ella Harris and Josh Baxter (who share lead vocals as well as handling synths, guitars and production) alongside drummer and percussionist Louis Satchell, are made from a formula of acid, disco, blistering synths, the release of the dancefloor and cathartic sprechgesang post-punk.

Take a listen below.

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PVA Reveal New Single "Bad Dad"

London electronic/dance trio PVA have revealed their new single "Bad Dad". 

The song is taken from their highly-anticipated debut album 'BLUSH', due out 14th October via Ninja Tune. Pre-order your copy here.

The eleven blistering tracks from the group, Ella Harris and Josh Baxter (who share lead vocals as well as handling synths, guitars and production) alongside drummer and percussionist Louis Satchell, are made from a formula of acid, disco, blistering synths, the release of the dancefloor and cathartic sprechgesang post-punk.

Take a listen below.

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PVA Announce Debut LP 'BLUSH', Stream "Hero Man"

London electronic/dance trio PVA have announced the release of theirhighly-anticipated debut album 'BLUSH'.

Following on from the release of their critically acclaimed single “Untethered”, the album is due out 14th October via Ninja Tune. Pre-order your copy here.

Arriving closely on the heels of their 2020 EP “Toner”, the band’s stunning debut album sees them further consolidating the beating pulse of electronic music with the raw energy of a life-affirming gig and reveals more about the trio than they’ve ever previously shared. The eleven blistering tracks from the group, Ella Harris and Josh Baxter (who share lead vocals as well as handling synths, guitars and production) alongside drummer and percussionist Louis Satchell, are made from a formula of acid, disco, blistering synths, the release of the dancefloor and cathartic sprechgesang post-punk.

New single “Hero Man” offers a freeing and powerful new look into the latest stage of PVA’s musical evolution. The rhythmic track combines ethereal synth lines with propulsive basslines and precise, energetic drumming, whilst Harris’s self-facing lyrics build into the vocal hook of “can’t eat, can’t sleep, can’t go to work, I can’t leave”. Thematically, Harris explains that the song is about “a relationship with yourself that is restrictive and closed off,” going on to say that it is “an expression of this frustrated anger at masculinity and a resentment at being unable to free yourself from that and explore the world.”

Check out the album's tracklist and listen to "Hero Man" below.

BLUSH Tracklist:

1. Untethered

2. Kim

3. Hero Man

4. Interlude

5. Bunker

6. Comfort Eating

7. The Individual

8. Bad Dad

9. Transit

10. Seven (feat. Tony Njoku)

11. Soap

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Watch: PVA Return With New Single/Video "Untethered"

London electronic/dance trio PVA have returned with their new single "Untethered", alongside an accompanying music video.

Untethered sees the band expanding on the insistent and propulsive sound laid down on their widely acclaimed debut 2020 EP “Toner”. Produced and mixed by the band, the unrelenting and energetic new single sees the trio once again combining the release of the dancefloor with jagged punk spirit. Built on a bed of dynamic industrial beats, blistering synths and sprechgesang inflected post-punk, “Untethered” is a freeing and powerful statement of intent from the band as they continue their musical evolution.

The song is out today, May 24 via Ninja Tune. Grab it here.

Speaking about it, the band says, "Untethered is a song about release. It’s our current set opener and an introduction to our industrial arm. We wrote it in one session in a burst of chaotic catharsis. The lyrics follow a character being freed from imaginary tethers and experiencing the earth under their feet again."

The single is also accompanied by a new video which perfectly reflects the themes of the track. Directed by the band, the video sees them performing under a pulsating lighting rig with angular and sparse visuals (created by Gabriel Davidson) projected onto the trio as Ella Harris dances unrestrained.

Watch/listen below.

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PVA Announce Debut EP 'Toner', Stream "Talks"

London post punk/dance trio PVA have announced they will release their debut EP 'Toner', on November 20th via Big Dada. 

The mercurial Dan Carey (black midi, Bat For Lashes, Fontaines D.C.) has worked with the band once more on production duties. The band have also release a new track, "Talks", that marks the much-anticipated follow-up to their excellent debut single, "Divine Intervention".

Of the new single, producer, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Josh Baxter says: “Talks is about how we invent games in order to avoid expressing our true feelings or take the risk of being hurt. The song also takes inspiration from real relationships and the fictional relationship between John and Abigail Marston (the two main characters in video game Red Dead Redemption).”

‘Toner’ is only PVA’s first EP, but it teems with excitement. Never for a minute does it sit still, skipping between ideas with instinctive ease, bringing to light a broad palate of sounds and influences. Notably, on Mura Masa’s remix, Harris’ previously inconspicuous line “the best is yet to come” is reluctantly brought to the front. Perhaps then, this serves as a reminder that although seemingly fully-formed already and among the glorious chaos of ‘Toner’, this is simply the first chapter of a book we’ll be re-reading for years to come.

Pre-order the EP here, and take a listen to "Talks" below.

Toner Tracklist:

01. Talks

02. Sleek Form

03. Exhaust / Surroundings

04. Talks (Mura Masa Remix)

05. Talks (Lynks Remix)

06. Exhaust / Surroundings (Girl Band / Daniel Fox Remix)

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PVA Unveil "Divine Intervention" (Gum & Ginoli Remix)

London post punk/dance trio PVA have unveiled the Gum and Ginoli (POND / GUM / Tame Impala) remix of their track "Divine Intervention".

The remix is out today via Speedy Wuderground. Grab it here and take a listen below.

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New Entry: PVA Premiere Debut Single "Divine Intervention"

London post punk/dance trio PVA have premiered their addictive debut single "Divine Intervention".

The song will be out digitally on 20th December and available on limited 7” on Jan 17th with a Christmas Dub as B-Side by Savage Gary via Speedy Wuderground.

UPDATE 16/12/2019: "Divine Intervention" is our new Single of the Week!

PVA are Josh Baxter (keys/vocals), Louis Satchell (drums) and Ella Harris (vocals/keys/percussion), they formed at a house party two years ago. 

About the track, Ella Harris says: "'Divine Intervention' is about getting lost in memories and past experiences, coming to resolution within yourself and growing from these experiences to be a fuller, more rounded version of yourself. It's very cathartic being able to contrast these personal, quite sad at times lyrics against such an upbeat track - the euphoria of dance music cures all."

Take a listen below.



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