The Personal Vanity Project To Release debut Single ‘Callan’ and Announce Debut Album
Combining a love of Suicide, Stereolab, Sonic Youth and shoegaze, The PVP make a blur of psychedelia-infused indie rock. Forming in 2021, the group comprises drummer/vocalist Brendan McInerney (Bleeding Heart Pigeons), keyboardist James Reidy (His Father’s Voice), and guitarist/vocalist Chris Quigley (Cruiser).
Their eponymous debut album is set for release through Pizza Pizza Records on 25th May 2024. Preceding that release is their first single ‘Callan’ - out March 25th, which falls somewhere between My Bloody Valentine’s warbling sonic mastery, Duster’s expansive wistfulness and J Mascis’ fuzzed-out amp worship. The album was produced by Chris Ryan (Robocobra Quartet/Just Mustard/NewDad) and mastered by Shellac’s Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering Service. The trio are set to perform across the island (tour dates below) in support of the album, accompanied by a live liquid projection show by artist Catriona Osbourne.
Frontman Chris Quigley says: “Callan is about the misgivings older generations have about the younger, with the first verse being from the younger perspective and the second from the older. The perspectives feel a bit interchangeable - which is kind of the point. There's a tendency to worry about little things, individual moments, when there's probably bigger things to deal with. The chorus is first person nonsense. It's muddled, agreeing to do something it had no intention of ever doing. Classic teenager.”
“The song name comes from a lake by the village where I grew up, which was a common drinking spot for young people, especially the abandoned house. Legend has it the butler of the abandoned house went on a bender, neglecting to feed the dogs kept on the land. When he returned, he was devoured by the dogs.”
“We recorded this in Start Together and the guitar solo on record is one I immediately wrote off as my high e string broke, and I spent half the take unwrapping the broken string from around the others. When I came in to change my string and get ready for another, no one could see why.”
Recently tipped in The Thin Air’s Inbound, they’ve so far shared bills with the likes of Pretty Happy, Trá Pháidín, and Elaine Malone, and have performed at London’s Irish Cultural Centre. In 2023, they participated in the LARR V1: Project, a vinyl-exclusive compilation of live performances by notable Limerick artists, mastered at Abbey Road.
The PVP Album Tracklisting
The Bus
Callan
Sodium Lamp
Track 94
Nananana
Since You’ve Been Gone
Off The Tracks
Late Boomer
Swimming
Tour Dates
May 24th - Pharmacia, Limerick
May 25th - Cork tbc w/ Fixity
May 27th - Anseo, Dublin
June 1st - K-Fest, Kerry
June 7th - Dundalk w/ Danny Carroll
June 8th - Belfast (tbc) w/ Danny Carroll
June 9th - Clonakilty (tbc)
