PVRIS Enlist Tommy Genesis And Alice Longyu-Gao For New Single Burn The Witch
Friday, 16 February 2024
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Matty Vogel
PVRIS have shared their first song of the year, Burn The Witch.
Co-written with Kanner, the hip hop-leaning electro-pop collaboration with Canadian rapper Tommy Genesis and DJ, producer and vocalist Alice Longyu-Gao serves as the lead single to an all-female project arriving through Hopeless Records this spring.
Dark and brooding, it's also the first PVRIS track to be completely self-produced by leader and vocalist Lyndsey Gunnulfsen. She said:
"I’ve been a huge fan of both Tommy and Alice for quite a while so it was an absolute dream to not only have them on a track together but to also get to be crafting the production around their parts."
Of the upcoming project, she added: "At its core, I just wanted to make a fun project full of some bad bitches in music that I love and create a space where we can express whatever we want and get to experiment sonically. I didn’t want to be overly precious about it, I just want to have fun and free flow! It should be noted that while there are already so many iconic and incredible female producers, writers, engineers etc. out there (I’m no trailblazer here), but there is nowhere near the amount that there should be. This isn’t even something to debate, go look at the statistics.
"I think I’ve truly been in hundreds of writing/producing sessions at this point in my career and I can recall less than 20 of those that were with female writers and around 10 that were with female producers. From labels and publishers to management, there is so little advocacy to get artists into rooms with women in general. It’s even rarer to see the same advocacy towards connecting and putting only women in a room together, especially without it being made into a commodity, “special event” or task to check off. These collaborations should be happening organically regardless of who is watching.
"I don’t really understand what everyone is so scared of? That we’ll all have too much fun together? It’s all I’ve experienced in this chapter (of working almost exclusively with women); just pure fun. I feel like a kid again and this is the least stressed I’ve felt making music and I really hope I can be a small part in helping to facilitate those same feelings outward for the other artists I’m bringing onto this project and working with in general. I don’t want this to be the only “volume” of this project, there’s too many bad bitches in all music making roles out there to cover in just one release like this. This is something I’d love to continue and grow in."
PVRIS previously scheduled a 2024 tour that will span cities across Europe, the UK and North America throughout the spring and summer. Scene Queen and Sophie Powers will be special guests on the UK and European run, while Pale Waves and Bruses will support on the North American run. Tickets are on sale now.
PVRIS released their most recent album, 'Evergreen', in 2023.
PVRIS Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Wed April 24 2024 - HANOVER Musikzentrum (Germany)
Thu April 25 2024 - HAMBURG Docks (Germany)
Fri April 26 2024 - BERLIN Metropol (Germany)
Sat April 27 2024 - WARSAW Proxima (Poland)
Mon April 29 2024 - PRAGUE Lucerna Music Bar (Czech Republic)
Tue April 30 2024 - VIENNA Arena Wien Open Air (Austria)
Thu May 02 2024 - MILAN Alcatraz (Italy)
Sun May 05 2024 - FRANKFURT ZOOM Frankfurt (Germany)
Mon May 06 2024 - COLOGNE Carlswerk Victoria (Germany)
Tue May 07 2024 - BRUSSELS Ancienne Belgique (Belgium)
Thu May 09 2024 - UTRECHT TivolviVredenburg (Netherlands)
Fri May 10 2024 - PARIS Le Trabendo (France)
Sun May 12 2024 - MANCHESTER Victoria Warehouse
Mon May 13 2024 - GLASGOW O2 Academy Glasgow
Wed May 15 2024 - BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy Birmingham
Thu May 16 2024 - LONDON Troxy
Sat June 01 2024 - SANTA ANA California - Observatory Santa Ana (USA)
Sun June 02 2024 - SACRAMENTO California - Ace of Spades (USA)
Tue June 04 2024 - SEATTLE Washington - Showbox SoDo (USA)
Wed June 05 2024 - PORTLAND Oregon - Mcmenamins Crystal Ballroom (USA)
Fri June 07 2024 - SALT LAKE CITY - Depot (USA)
Sat June 08 2024 - DENVER Colorado - Summit Music Hall (USA)
Tue June 11 2024 - MADISON - Sylvee (USA)
Wed June 12 2024 - INDIANAPOLIS - Murat Egyptian Room at Old National Centre (USA)
Fri June 14 2024 - MINNEAPOLIS Minnesota - Uptown Theater - Minneapolis (USA)
Sat June 15 2024 - CHICAGO Illinois - House of Blues Chicago (USA)
Sun June 16 2024 - DETROIT - St. Andrews Hall (USA)
Wed June 19 2024 - TORONTO - Danforth Music Hall (USA)
Fri June 21 2024 - BOSTON Massachusetts - House of Blues Boston (USA)
Sat June 22 2024 - PHILADELPHIA Pennsylvania - Theatre Of Living Arts (USA)
Mon June 24 2024 - NEW YORK New York - Irving Plaza (USA)
Wed June 26 2024 - WASHINGTON District of Columbia - 930 Club (USA)
Fri June 28 2024 - NASHVILLE Tennessee - Brooklyn Bowl Nashville (USA)
Sat June 29 2024 - ATLANTA Georgia - Heaven Stage at Masquerade Music Park - Complex (USA)
Mon July 01 2024 - ST PETERSBURG Florida - Jannus Live (USA)
Tue July 02 2024 - ORLANDO Florida - House of Blues Orlando (USA)
Fri July 05 2024 - HOUSTON Texas - House of Blues Houston (USA)
Sat July 06 2024 - AUSTIN Texas - Emos Austin (USA)
Sun July 07 2024 - DALLAS Texas - House of Blues Dallas (USA)
Tue July 09 2024 - PHOENIX - Van Buren (USA)
Wed July 10 2024 - SAN DIEGO California - Observatory North Park (USA)
Fri July 12 2024 - LOS ANGELES California - Wiltern Theatre (USA)
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