Orange County-based indie pop/soft rock/alt duo Double Wish, made up of multi-instrumentalists Philippe Andre and Adam Sabolick, have revealed their new single “Periwinkle Pantone”, alongside a video.
The song features on their upcoming EP ‘Universe Sometimes‘, due to be released on June 28 via Hit the North. Pre-order it here.
Double Wish searches for a middle point within a vast array of influences taken from everything between The Roches, Underworld, Smashing Pumpkins, Laraaji, Third Eye Blind, Röyksopp, Cocteau Twins, and more. This new four-track collection expands upon the band’s guitar driven alt-dream-pop vernacular by infusing their sound with hypnotic trances, deep melodic bass synth, sparkly guitar tones, groovy beats, and their signature airtight production. This collection of songs confronts lyrical themes of time, friendship, mortality, and desire.
“Periwinkle Pantone” comes part-written with long time friend, Casey Lagos (producer behind Cold War Kids’ 2023 self-titled LP) who featured in an improvised session with Sabolick and Andre. Musically, the track erupts amongst a flurry of percussion and gelatinous guitars before spiraling into ping-ponging electronic notes. Sabolick explains:
“This is a song about friendship, and our innate need for one another. I wanted to capture the sensation of being stuck inside alone for days because of the rain, and when the weather breaks, getting high and going for a hike with a friend. All the colors of nature become so vivid, the smell of the wet dirt is unforgettable, and the magic of a rainbow curving through the sky. In a lot of ways, lyrically and conceptually, “Periwinkle Pantone” was inspired by those sensations — being alone and then not alone, and partaking in sublime nature together. If the song were a painting, it would be a blissful landscape.”
The music video comes directed by ronny k and Sabolick. When discussing the visual, he explains: “I am alone searching and longing for something. When the band appears things lighten up and become playful. As with all of our music, there is the constant push and pull between light and dark, happy and sad. I don’t think it’s something we consciously set out to do, I think it’s just the reality of existing.”
Watch / listen below.
Universe Sometimes Tracklist
- Floating
- Papers
- Periwinkle Pantone
- Universe Sometimes
