Lush cofounder Miki Berenyi has shared the debut single from her new group, the Miki Berenyi Trio, which includes her partner and Piroshka bandmate KJ ‘Moose’ McKillop (also of ’90s shoegazers Moose) and Oliver Cherer.
“‘Vertigo’ is about anxiety and the efforts to talk myself down from the precipice – the usual cheerful stuff,” Berenyi says of the single, which adds electronic percussion to the ethereal sound she’s honed with previous groups. “It’s a challenge to not have a drummer, and to use more programming,” she adds, “but the essence of the music is still guitars and melody – as it always has been, particularly in mine and Moose’s bands.”
Watch the video, directed by Sébastien Faits-Divers and filmed in the Consortium Museum (Contemporary Art Center) in Dijon, below.
The Miki Berenyi Trio will be on tour in the US in just a few weeks (Piroshka’s Mick Conroy will be in the band over here), including dates with Lol Tolhurst x Budgie. That tour hits NYC’s Webster Hall on June 8. All dates are listed below.
Meanwhile, Berenyi’s fantastic memoir, Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success, was recently released in North America.
MIKI BERENYI TRIO TOUR DATES
May 29 Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theatre**
May 31 Mcgill, NV – Schellraiser Campground
Jun 01 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall**
Jun 03 Portland, OR – McMenamins Mission Theater**
Jun 04 Seattle, WA – Madame Lou’s**
Jun 06 Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater**
Jun 07 Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge**
Jun 08 New York, NY – Webster Hall**
Aug 09 Margate, UK – Where Else
Aug 10 Brighton, UK – At The Edge of The Sea Festival
Aug 31 Ipswich, UK – St Stephens Church
Sep 04 London, UK – The Lexington
Sep 05 Southampton, UK – Heartbreakers
Sep 07 Birmingham, UK – The Hare & Hounds
Sep 08 Horwich, UK – Risers Fest
Sep 20 Saint Leonards-on-sea, UK – The Piper
Oct 19 Halifax, UK – Town Festival
**dates with Lol Tolhurst x Budgie