Pearl & The Oysters – Juliette Pearl Davis (Juju) and Joachim Polack (Jojo) – met on their first day of high school in Paris, and have been together ever since. The duo’s new LP is their second record for Stones Throw and the result of nearly two decades of connection and collaboration. The duo kick off their tour with Ginger Root, on September 24th in San Diego.

“Triangular Girl” was written 12 years ago, when the duo were at jazz school in Paris. They decided to re-work the song for Planet Pearl, this time with a stellar cast of L.A. musicians: Riley Geare of Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Caleb Buchanan, Logan Hone and Andrew Forman, and taking inspiration from 60s and 70s Brazilian waltzes. The influence of Brazilian music is strong throughout Planet Pearl – Jojo’s PhD was on the composer Antônio Carlos Jobim – along with the Brazilian concept of saudade, the melancholic longing for a beloved yet absent something or someone.

Written, composed, and produced by Pearl & The Oysters, Planet Pearl also includes the addition of Producer Teo Halm (Rosalía, J Balvin, Omar Apollo) on select songs and musicians Alex Brettin of Mild High Club, Brijean Murphy and other friends and collaborators throughout.

Now based in Los Angeles, the duo first met on their first day of high school in Paris, and have been making music together ever since. The two moved across the Atlantic in 2015 after pursuing musicology degrees at Sorbonne University, with a brief stint in Gainesville, Florida, where Polack pursued his PhD in musicology eventually crash landing in Los Angeles.

Pearl & The Oysters 2024 Tour Dates

9/24 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues*
9/26 – Santa Ana, CA – Observatory*
9/27 – San Luis Obispo, CA – Fremont Theater*
9/28 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater*
9/30 – Seattle, WA – Moore Theatre*
10/1 – Vancouver, BC – The Pearl*
10/2 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall*
10/4 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot*
10/5 Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall*
10/8 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue*
10/10 Chicago, IL – Salt Shed*
10/11 Cleveland, OH – The Roxy*
10/12 Toronto, ON – The Concert Hall*
10/13 Montreal, QC – La Tulipe*
10/16 – Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere (Zone One)
10/17 – Philadelphia, PA – PhilaMOCA
10/18 – Washington D.C. – Comet Ping Pong
10/19 – Raleigh, NC – Neptunes
10/21 – Gainesville, FL – The Wooly
10/23 – Atlanta, GA – 529 Bar
10/24 – Nashville, TN – The Blue Room
10/26 – Denton, TX – Rubber Gloves
10/27 – Austin, TX – Mohawk
10/29 – Phoenix, AZ – Last Exit
11/03 – Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex

order Planet Pearl by Pearl & The Oysters HERE