Miki Berenyi Trio – Doldrum Days
Miki Berenyi Trio released their debut album Tripla earlier this year to widespread international acclaim. The band is thrilled to return to the states and kick off their North American tour with the Raincoats’ Gina Birch and the Unreasonables on October 10 in DC.
Miki says: “Moose is breaking his no-fly embargo so gig-goers will get to enjoy the full and proper Trio. I’m sad to say that the costs involved in touring Stateside have become crippling for smaller bands like us, so this will be our last ever outing in North America. I wish we could have covered more cities, but I’m incredibly grateful to the many fans who have messaged on my socials to say they will make the journey to see us play. We’ll be sure to include a bunch of Lush tracks in the set as a last hurrah and a thank you to long-time fans.”
In celebration, the band has unveiled new single “Doldrum Days”.
“The lyric is about the spaces between places where interesting things can happen,” says Ollie. “The scenario is borrowed from Erskine Childers’ novel The Riddle of the Sands, but really it’s about being lost, stranded, unmotivated and bored, and what a potentially fertile or dangerous place that can be”.
Miki Berenyi Trio, or MB3 for short, is named after its lead singer – a direct way to convey the presence of the former singer/co-guitarist of Lush, and one of the most instantly recognisable faces of the ‘90s. However, the songwriting is entirely a three-way collaboration by Miki Berenyi, KJ ‘Moose’ McKillop and Oliver Cherer, as the album title highlights, while acknowledging the mother tongue of Miki’s father: Tripla is Hungarian for ‘triple’.
Tripla’s richly layered, imaginative and uniquely slanted strain of dream pop is an often euphoric and sometimes melancholic mix of guitars and electronica, fronted by Miki’s instantly recognisable vocal, overlaid with an often profound and sometimes abrasive view of our age. But whether fearing the effects of macho aggression, the solipsism of social media and the race to environmental destruction, particularly for our children, or mourning lost loved-ones and middle-of-the-night anxiety, the shoegaze pioneers continue to imbue their politically charged legacy with upbeat optimism and a sense of humour.
10/10: Washington DC @ Pearl Street Warehouse
10/11: Brooklyn NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
10/12: Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
10/13: Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz PDB
10/15: Toronto, ON @ The Great Hall
10/16: Ferndale, MI @ The Magic Bag
10/17: Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
10/18: St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
10/20: Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
10/21: Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
10/23: Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre
10/24: Vancouver, BC @ Hollywood Theatre
10/25: Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
10/27: San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
10/28: West Hollywood, CA @ The Roxy Theatre
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