Launched August 21, Midnight Peg’s new single “Swallow” detonates with uncooked emotional excavation, providing a primary glimpse into their upcoming sophomore album, “Skinning,” set to launch October 3.
The observe opens in a dreamlike hush, ambient and disquieting. Then, in a second, chaos pours in: guitars drenched in suggestions, drums hammering, Raquel “Rocky” Mann’s vocals lashing out in rapid-fire bursts of anguish and anger. The impact is hypnotic and jarring — an auditory intestine punch rooted in emotional repression, alienation, and grief.
Recorded by Rob Lawless and Cody Blakely, combined and co-produced by Blakely at Half Stack Studios, and mastered by Stuart McKillop at Rain Metropolis Recorders, “Swallow” follows the singles “Thirstland” and “The Hag,” pushing Midnight Peg’s chaotic, experimental power to new extremes.
Midnight Peg have steadily cemented themselves as an important pressure in Canada’s underground scene. Their debut, “Horn Colic,” gained traction with over 20,000 streams, essential nods from DIY Conspiracy, Cups N’ Muffins, and Reverie Magazine, plus school radio airplay throughout the nation. Reside, they’ve shared levels with Pussy Riot and D.O.A., oscillating between riotous punk aggression and avant-garde post-punk atmospherics.
When you’re into Drug Church, Amyl and the Sniffers, Deftones, Turnstile, and others in that punk/post-hardcore area, Midnight Peg is dialed in.
As RANGE places it: the band “nods to the fury of early ’90s grunge greats like The Gits whereas racing forward on a futuristic bullet prepare of their very own design… pulse-pounding.”
With the album “Skinning” set to be launched October 3, “Swallow” seems like a mission assertion: harmful, pressing and unrelenting. The album options design and artwork by Virgil Crude and Mann herself. The creation course of is rooted within the Treaty 6 Territory, honoring the nêhiyawak (Cree), Anishinaabe, Niitsitapi (Blackfoot), Métis, Dene, Nakota Sioux, and different Indigenous Peoples whose land shapes the area of this work.
On paper, “Swallow” is one other aggressive single, however in actuality it’s a sign flare. It clarifies that Midnight Peg are pushing boundaries, inviting listeners into their turbulent world, and demanding full consideration. It’s visceral, it’s unhinged and it excites you the second it begins.
