Peel Dream Magazine announce new mini-album Taurus and share ‘Venus In Nadir’

Peel Dream Magazine will release their new mini-album Taurus on 1st October.

The project arrives almost exactly a year after their acclaimed full-length Rose Main Reading Room, and gathers eight previously unreleased tracks. While the new record draws from the same creative vein as its predecessor, it takes on its own distinct character, with Peel Dream Magazine venturing further into uncharted territory.

Out now, lead single ‘Venus In Nadir’ captures a quiet fragility that stands out even in the group’s dreamy catalogue. Founder Joe Stevens explained that the song began during the Rose Main Reading Room sessions before being reworked into its final form.

“This is a song that I started during the Rose Main Reading Room sessions but kind of gave up on. I revisited it after the album came out, reworked the lyrics and some of the overdubs, and ended up with this really simple twee song about a forlorn recluse who is withering away from unrequited love. I imagined him confined to a log cabin, withdrawing from the civilized world, maybe because the guitar voicings felt very Nick Drake-y.”

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Stevens added that the song reflects his playful approach to imagery. “I was already kicking around this astrology motif, which is mysterious to me because I’m highly skeptical of it. But that’s what’s cool about writing songs – you can take these mental images off the shelf, make a mess of them, and you don’t have to worry about putting them back when you’re done.”

With Taurus, Peel Dream Magazine continue to shape their own space in the dream-pop landscape, balancing fragility and invention in equal measure.

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