November & December 2021 live dates:
24 Nov UK Bristol, Rough Trade
25 Nov UK London, Werkaus
26 Nov UK Birkenhead, Future Yard
27 Nov UK Manchester, The Peer Hat
28 Nov UK Newcastle, The Cluny
29 Nov UK Todmorden, The Golden Lion
30 Nov BE Antwerp, Het Bos
1 Dec DE Bremen, MS Loretta
2 Dec DK Copenhagen, Råhuset
3 Dec DK Odense, Påtaget
5 Dec DE Dresden, Club Debil at Alte Feuerwache
8 Dec CZ Prague, Underdogs
9 Dec HU Budapest, Aurora
10 Dec AT Graz, Cafe' Wolf
11 Dec SLO Ljubljana, Gromka
12 Dec IT Padova, Nadir
13 Dec IT Roma, Fanfulla
14 Dec IT Bologna, Venue TBA
16 Dec IT Busto Arsizio, Circolo Gagarin
17 Dec IT Torino, Living Room
18 Dec FR Lyon, Le Sonic
19 Dec DE Mannheim, Der Mannheim Kult
About Hibiscus, the album marks a move on sonically from earlier comfort zones in Lorena's work (check, Silente from 2017) into minimal electronics, hypnotic repetition and compelling trance states, arriving at a soundworld in which cyclical synth patterns, eerie ambient textures and cathartic vocal exhortations coalesce into a beguiling atmosphere of otherworldly intensity. Although some might hear echoes amongst these songs of the like of Angelo Badalementi’s ghostly raptures, the bleak epiphanies of Nico’s Marble Index or Fifty Foot Hose’s spare sci-fi psychedelia, both the approach and the resulting tapestry here are Lorena’s and hers alone. Hibiscus more than anything else is a process of alchemy - turning a less-is-more approach into a formidable psychic assault, and undergoing an artistic transmutation that renders compelling and uplifting work from trying times.
