Perennial share new single “How The Ivy Crawls”. a track off their forthcoming album Art History, available June 7th via Ernest Jenning Record Co.(US) and Safe Suburban Home (UK). Art History follows Perennial’s 2022 LP, In The Midnight Hour, was their first time working with producer Chris Teti (The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die).

Art History finds the New England three-piece—electric organist Chelsey Hahn, guitarist Chad Jewett, and drummer Ceej Dioguardi—mastering their modernist punk as a collage of 60s mod grooves, post-hardcore angles, Stax soul, and experimental electronic music.

Co-produced by the band and engineer Chris Teti (The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die), Art History is the follow-up to the band’s 2022 LP In The Midnight Hour. When the band went into the studio to begin work on Art History, their upcoming third LP, one phrase remained at the forefront of their creative minds: “pop art.” Everything should be bold and electric, instantly memorable and insistently chic. They were after something sharp and stylish.

There are two versions of Perennial: the adventurous art-punk modernists, layering British Invasion pop, 60s soul, 90s Dischord post-hardcore, electronic music, and free-jazz, and the live three-piece whose bombastic 20 minute sets have become a “must-see” in the New England music scene.

Perennial has played over 300 shows played in the last six years (including shows with Guerilla Toss, Bully, Calvin Johnson, Jon Spencer, Sheer Mag, Teenage Halloween, and Downtown Boys).

Perennial
Art History
tracklist

1. Art History
2. Tambourine On Snare
3. Action Painting
4. Jet Set Mono
5. A Is For Abstract
6. Up-tight
7. How The Ivy Crawls
8. Tiger Technique
9. Mouthful Of Bees
10. B Is For Brutalism
11. The Mystery Tone
12. Perennial Meets The Wolfman

Perennial 2024 North American tour Dates

6/7 – ART HISTORY RELEASE SHOW, Vernon CT, Arts Center East with Minus Points, DJ Steady Habit
6/8 – ART HISTORY RELEASE SHOW, Brooklyn NY, Purgatory with Labrador, better living.
6/15 – Pomona CA, The Glass House, No Earbuds Fest!
6/16 – San Francisco CA, The Knockout with FeeFawFum, Vivian Panache, Curling
6/17 – Chico CA, Naked Lounge with Cherry Ghoul, Phantom Falls
6/18 – Portland OR, Zero Wave with Collate, Chatterbox
6/19 – Olympia WA, Second Home Gigs Show with Pigeon Pit, Wavers
6/20 – Seattle WA, The Vera Project with Black Nite Crash, Miscomings, The Dust Mice
7/11 – New Haven CT, NOLO with Big Sigh, VVebs, Joy Cleaner
7/12 – New Brunswick NJ, In The West with Joy Cleaner, Rotoscope, Screenager
7/13 – Philadelphia PA – TBA
8/9 – Malden MA, Faces Brewing Company with TBA
8/10 – Pittsfield MA, Hot Plate Brewing with Radical Joy and TBA

Pre-order Art History by Perennial HERE