​Music for First Contact will be released on the 28th of April 2023. For any enquiries please contact postcoalpromqueen@gmail.com. For more information, visit https://postcoalpromqueen.com/first-contact

Music For First Contact', the accomplished new album from Post Coal Prom Queen, explores humanity’s first contact with extra-terrestrial intelligence through the prism of political satire, Scottish identity and the cosmic sociology of cult sci-fi author Cixin Liu.

Fusing elements of contemporary jazz and serene neo-classical with smart songwriting, nostalgic synths, ethereal vocals and rhythms created via their own version of Morse Code, 'Music For First Contact' is a galactic pop opera which aims high and hits the bullseye of both accessibility and ambition.

Post Coal Prom Queen (PCPQ) are Lily Higham and Gordon Johnstone 

Soprano vocals on tracks 1-3,5-8 - Stephanie Lamprea
Violin on tracks 1,2,4,5,7 - Laura Wilkie
Saxophone on tracks 1,2,4,5,7,8 - Calum Cummins
Piano on tracks 1,5 - Baichuan Hui
Synth bass on track 2 and guitar on track 7 - Phil McBride

Produced and mixed by PCPQ and Phil McBride at The Sonic Lodge recording studio in Edinburgh. Mastered by Louis Lemoine-Soubeyrat.

Music for First Contact

From the album 'Music for First Contact' - https://linktr.ee/pcpq
Soprano vocals - Stephanie Lamprea
Piano - Baichuan Hui
Saxophone - Calum Cummins
Violin - Laura Wilkie

Daylight On Deimos

Free Radio Phobos - from the album Music for First Contact, out spring 2023.

Find it here: https://linktr.ee/pcpq

Lyrics:
Suddenly, suddenly we find ourselves in spotlight
Illuminate, illuminated in the dark forest
Rabbit in the headlights
Of monstrous machines
Like submarines
But made of teeth

Really, I find it kind of funny
The systems that we live in
Are alien to me anyway

Suddenly, suddenly we find ourselves in spotlight
Rabbit in the headlights
Of monstrous machines
Like submarines
With smiling teeth

Really, I find it kind of funny
The systems that we live in
Are alien to me

Credits:
Video shot and edited by Post Coal Prom Queen
Music by Post Coal Prom Queen
Sax - Calum Cummins
Violin - Laura J Wilkie
Recorded by Phil McBride at The Sonic Lodge Studio in Edinburgh.

Free Radio Phobos

See Red Peace

Wheeling Through The Void

I See No Gods Up Here

Https://linktr.ee/PCPQ
Post Coal Prom Queen (FKA L-space) are Lily Higham and Gordon Johnstone. PCPQ have developed a unique sound by blending organic textures, retrofuturistic synths, and mechanical beats with ambitious pop sensibilities - fused together with Lily's distinct vocals. They have been heard on BBC Radio 1, 6Music, and BBC Radio Scotland, on TV's Made In Chelsea and in the National Library of Scotland film 'Living Proof', charted on Amazing Radio, and garnered international acclaim. Their critically acclaimed debut PCPQ EP and concept rap album Music for Hypercapitalists, alongside triumphant 2021/2022 live shows at the Hidden Door Festival and a headline show in London, cemented PCPQ as one of Scotland's most ambitious and promising acts.