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About The Leather Lemon by P.E.

P.E. 's sophomore album, The Leather Lemon (Wharf Cat Records, out March 25, 2022), ushers in a new era for the New York band. A wild ride through chewy bubblegum pop, sweeping synthetic orchestrations, and mutant club beats, the album slides ever closer to the fully-realized pop sensibility only winked at with their debut album Person (2020) and subsequent releases. 

Digging into mystery, romance, and sex appeal with The Leather Lemon, the group — composed of members of Pill (Mexican Summer) and Eaters (Dull Tools) — centers its sound within a Bermuda Triangle of dance music, electronic composition, and experimental rock. Members Jonathan Schenke, Bob Jones, and Jonny Campolo play  within pop parameters, building upon free-form collaboration to create a fluorescent groove machine that harnesses the energy of their frenetic live shows. Singer Veronica Torres explores her softer side, expanding her vocal repertoire from spoken word and jagged growls to cherubic and sensuous psalms. Sax virtuoso Benjamin Jaffe’s chiseled experimental tone is heard in an extended solo of true romance in “Tears in the Rain,” a somber surrealist duet penned by Torres and Andrew Savage, singer/guitarist of Parquet Courts. 

Recorded primarily at Schenke’s Studio Windows in Brooklyn, NY, The Leather Lemon was cultivated from a fertile creative period between spring 2020 and summer 2021, which also yielded 2021’s acclaimed The Reason For My Love EP. Pitchfork writes: 
	
	The quintet refines their impulses on their 2020 debut Person and transforms them into a body-moving EP. The jittery electronics are still there, but the drum cuts feel sharper and lighter, bringing a sense of structure to what could easily be shapeless. Vocalist Veronica Torres abandons spoken-word and leans fully into singing about poetry, beauty, and the contours of the body. Her lovely vocal stretches fill up the space once occupied by industrial bass drops. Sensuality suits them well.

The Leather Lemon is a reckoning record for the times; an album of psychedelic resurfacing, real-time response to world events, and soft, sympathetic magic. This is a collection of songs shaped by five individuals who embrace music-making as a way to center themselves in times of uncertainty; it’s resilience and imagination given shape. The Leather Lemon is a true sweet-and-sour listening experience, an album as bright and clear as it is fractured and fun. Get turned UP and ON with the electrifying new lemon drop from P.E.! 

P.E. is: Jonny Campolo (piano, synths, bass, percussion, voice), Benjamin Jaffe (saxophone, synths, voice), Bob Jones (beats, samples, synths, bass, voice), Jonathan Schenke (synths, beats, bass, percussion, voice), Veronica Torres (voice, lyrics). 

Produced, Edited, Mixed and Mastered by Jonathan Schenke at Studio Windows. Additional production by Bob Jones at Zo City Studios. Written in-person and in-quarantine by P.E. between Studio Windows (NY), Zo City Studios (NY), and Gray House MPLS (MN) 2020-2021.

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P.E. - Tears In The Rain (from the album 'The Leather Lemon' out now!)

@holiday-ghosts single 'Total Crisis' from forthcoming album 'North Street Air' - out May 21st.

The new single was written by occasional member of the band Charlie Murphy.  "Total Crisis was written before the world descended into an actual total crisis. It’s about deciding whether you can live with a personal problem, or whether it should be the catalyst for a big change." says Charlie.

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Holiday Ghosts - Total Crisis

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Archipelago Of Dreams

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"Hotline" (Release date: January 11, 2022)

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Lael Neale - Hotline

'Famously Alive' (Release Date: March 25, 2022)

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"WHOLE" (Release date: January 13, 2022)

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'WINK TOGETHER' (Release date: February 2, 2022)

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CHAI - PING PONG! feat. YMCK (Busy P Remix)

Joe T. Johnson is back with is spectacular new single 'Twist' available everywhere now! - Recorded over a couple of wildly productive days, produced by Lewis Bradshaw and mastered by Pete Maher (Patti Smith, Jack White, Rolling Stones, Liam Gallagher) 'Twist' was recorded taking a DIY, vintage organic approach which complements Joe's creative process

Twist

✨Spoken Word Poem with Handpan & Ethereal Soundscapes

“In movement I am life, in stillness I am home.”

An original spoken word poem, whispered by the Soul, flowing like a current on waves of handpan resonance and ethereal AI-generated soundscapes. The Pulse is both meditation and music — a journey through cycles of longing, silence, and creation.

The poem rises and falls with the music’s breath, carrying you into a space of reflection, stillness, and awakening.

✨ Perfect for:
Spoken word & poetry lovers
Meditation, yoga, breathwork
Ethereal ambient journeys
Deep self-reflection & creative flow

spoken word poem, handpan sounds, ethereal soundscapes, original poetry, AI music, ambient meditation, mindfulness, soul whispers, inner journey, transcendence, spiritual awakening, sound healing.

Let The Pulse guide you — a poem that moves with music, and music that breathes with words.


✨HEARTBEAT OF LIFE✨
(original poem)

After half the journey,
at last,
I begin to grasp
the pulse of life.

Longing for
the heights, 
the summers, 
the whirlwinds,
thunder after thunder,
chasing, forcing,
until all my fuel 
was burned.
That was me - aflame.

Then falling from
my summits,
into pits of stillness,
my high notes 
fading into silence.
It felt like death
curling in my lap.

After endless cycles,
half-learned lessons,
life whispers now
its hidden heartbeat.

That spring and summer
need their winter,
that inhale kills
without exhale.

In stillness,
music gathers,
wisdom flickers.
In darkness,
light and thunder
germinate.

In my resting,
the invisible creation
gathers like dense vapor,
to erupt
into the seen
when touched by grace.

In movement 
I am life,
in stillness
I am home.

A
S


Heartbeat of Life

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"Echo Base" is taken from Ed Schrader's Music Beat's forthcoming album 'Nightclub Daydreaming' out March 25th, 2022.

p + c 2022 Carpark Records

Ed Schrader's Music Beat - Echo Base

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