Pem today shares new single gut health, from upcoming EP, cloud work, set for release June 7th on Fascination Street Records. The EP is produced by the acclaimed Ali Chant (Sorry, Katy J Pearson, Portishead) and to celebrate its release, Pem will headline The Lexington in London on 14th June. Pem has been garnering recognition for her silencing live performances, receiving long listings for 2023’s Glastonbury Emerging Talent and Green Man Rising competitions and securing support slots with The Last Dinner Party, The New Eves and Mary in the Junkyard. There has been an abundance of recent coverage from So Young Magazine, DIY, NME, Rolling Stone UK, The Line of Best Fit, Emily Pilbeam on BBC 6Music, Radio X’s John Kennedy and many more. There has also been huge support via Spotify playlists, including New Music Friday UK, and landed Pem the cover of Melomania and Fresh Finds Folk.
New single gut health starts softly with cinematic piano notes and ‘Mazzy Star-esque’ guitar slides but builds in intensity to a crescendo to reflect a growing sense of strength, renewal, and hope.
On the new single, Pem says:
“gut health explores body memory, ‘gut’ feelings, and resilience. I wrote it in the aftermath of an assault that happened some years ago. Using the metaphor of water (sinking, washing, floating) I wanted to express a feeling of being submerged under difficult memory, trying to wash it away whilst watching life carry on as normal above. Ultimately it’s a hopeful song about growth, renewal and the importance of following the gut!”
cloud work is a collection of five songs that Pem wrote during an intensely challenging chapter in her life. Full of references to water, sky, flight, memory, and birds, these are the metaphors and symbols that helped her work through the grief of losing her father last year. She says, “the process of creating ‘cloud work’ enabled me to find beauty, meaning and comfort in a very difficult time.”
Pem – cloud work // 7th June, 2024 – Fascination Street Records