Back in August, Helsinki duo Pearly Drops took us on a “psychedelic journey through this shifting space-time continuum” with their third LP of synth pop and alt dance music, The Voices Are Coming Back. Yet things will only get more experimental—and that record’s relatively cohesive narrative more fragmented—this summer when Sandra Tervonen and Juuso Malin return with the project’s companion piece, The Voices Became Louder, a seven-song collection of collaborations with outsider electronic artists including 8485, Night Tapes, RIP Swirl, and more. “While we’ve previously worked with guest producers in smaller roles, we’ve never had the opportunity to create something this expansive or collaborative,” they share. “Bringing together so many artists we genuinely look up to has made the entire project feel both exciting and slightly surreal.”
Today the band is sharing the third single from the collection, “Falling Out of Grace,” which features buzzy Swedish songwriter Namasenda and live coding artist DJ_Dave. It’s a dizzying work of glitched-out electronic sounds, though the story it tells directly ties into the band’s previous release. “The Voices Became Louder picks up the bittersweet story of chasing fame in Los Angeles exactly where The Voices Are Coming Back left off,” they explain of the new collection. “This time, the voices return in transformed form, reimagined by collaborators and artists we’ve admired for years. Each reinterpretation feels like a new echo accompanying us deeper on our journey through the limbo.”
Check out the new cut below, and pre-order The Voices Become Louder here. Pearly Drops will also be hitting the road this fall with Slayyyter, though the entire tour already appears to be sold out. Find tickets to all of their upcoming dates here.
