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    Maggie Pills’ debut album!

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    Hope Is a Risk (Double Vinyl)

    Fiercely swinging between the guttural rawness of grunge and the playful lushness of pop, “Hope is a Risk” is the ambitious 14 track debut LP of Latin-Australian outfit The Maggie Pills.

    Led by Argentinian frontwoman Delfi Sorondo and Venezuelan drummer Mario Perez, “Hope is a Risk” reimagines punk through an emotionally visceral lens, jam-packed with impish latin percussions, razor-sharp guitars, fuzzy bass lines, unhinged synths and gestural vocals that feel playfully, pop and iconic. The result is an impressive self-produced album that masters the intersections between intuitive and mathematical, grunge and pop, gothic and colourful.

    Self-produced by Mario Perez, the album seeks a sound outside of indie-rock, providing an atmospheric, wet and kaleidoscopic sound wall of cosmic proportions as an overall base for the LP. Mastered by legendary sound engineer Joe Carra (Amyl & The Sniffers, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Courtney Barnett) “Hope is a Risk” is a unique addition to Australia’s indie-rock catalogue.

    Album tracklisting

    1. City Rats
    2. Unbound
    3. The Freedom Club
    4. Hope Is a Risk
    5. Bright The Brightest Light
    6. The Banality of Evil
    7. You
    8. X.W.X.
    9. Helena
    10. Well
    11. Let Pilgrim
    12. Half Light
    13. The Scourge Within
    14. Electric Blue

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    Hope Is a Risk (CD)

    Fiercely swinging between the guttural rawness of grunge and the playful lushness of pop, “Hope is a Risk” is the ambitious 14 track debut LP of Latin-Australian outfit The Maggie Pills.

    Led by Argentinian frontwoman Delfi Sorondo and Venezuelan drummer Mario Perez, “Hope is a Risk” reimagines punk through an emotionally visceral lens, jam-packed with impish latin percussions, razor-sharp guitars, fuzzy bass lines, unhinged synths and gestural vocals that feel playfully, pop and iconic. The result is an impressive self-produced album that masters the intersections between intuitive and mathematical, grunge and pop, gothic and colourful.

    Self-produced by Mario Perez, the album seeks a sound outside of indie-rock, providing an atmospheric, wet and kaleidoscopic sound wall of cosmic proportions as an overall base for the LP. Mastered by legendary sound engineer Joe Carra (Amyl & The Sniffers, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Courtney Barnett) “Hope is a Risk” is a unique addition to Australia’s indie-rock catalogue.

    Album tracklisting

    1. City Rats
    2. Unbound
    3. The Freedom Club
    4. Hope Is a Risk
    5. Bright The Brightest Light
    6. The Banality of Evil
    7. You
    8. X.W.X.
    9. Helena
    10. Well
    11. Let Pilgrim
    12. Half Light
    13. The Scourge Within
    14. Electric Blue

    Includes unlimited streaming of Hope Is A Risk via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.     ... more
    ships out within 3 days

      $20 AUD

     

lyrics

I start to shut my eyes
Didn’t make it on time
How long’s this supposed to last?
Can’t hold it for much longer
As I stare into her night
Keep falling inside this nightmare
When you tell the story right
I start climbing out

I fall, I go, I fall
In that well

What is there to overcome?
My fear of dark
I can’t bear her tender heart
As a rock it takes me under
At the bottom I’m alright
Don’t really want to come back up
When she calls my name at night
I want to fall down

I fall, I go, I fall
In that well

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from Hope Is A Risk, released June 16, 2023

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The Maggie Pills Melbourne, Australia

Led by Argentinian front woman Delfi Sorondo and Venezuelan drummer Mario Perez, The Maggie Pills are a fierce Melbourne- based six-piece outfit who embody the spirit of the indie/alternative movement and the urgency of punk. Their live shows are magnetic, intense and their DIY ethos is solid.
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