The title Pyrophonics is a play on words that depicts what the album explores thematically as Mohager delves into himself and expresses his struggles through the lyrics. With three new singles preceding the release of the album including the self-immolating “Gasoline”, the evocative and technical “Be My Blues,” and the album’s soaring closing track “Choke,” Pyrophonics boasts imagination and diversity on each song. The jangly first single “Hole” was released in September 2020, followed by a few more between late ‘20 and ‘21 before the thrillingly bright EP Staircase Music arrived in February of last year. It was just like, I miss making this guitar driven music and I feel like I still have more to say,” Mohager shares about the origin of his new project. I cared a lot about it, but I left the band, then COVID hit and we were stuck indoors with the pandemic and I think it allowed me to get a better perception of what’s important in my life. It was coming out of me leaving Teenage Wrist, which was something that I was very passionate about and that I started with Marshall. “It was just kind of out of necessity to be honest. Heavenward came together soon after Mohager left his previous band Teenage Wrist in 2019, where he was both the bassist and lead vocalist. on June 16th, Pyrophonics has the potential to overtake every other alternative rock album released over these last few years. Available through his own label Fever Ltd. Reminiscent of early 2000’s international alternative with tinges of space rock, it’s heartfelt and generously uplifting with Mohager adeptly crafting buoyant melodies while deconstructing various aspects of his own inner strife. Pyrophonics the debut album by Los Angeles project Heavenward, helmed by Kamtim Mohager, surprises as it charges forward with an infectious energy that is rooted in pop, but merges with gauzy alternative rock. With that being said, every now and then I come across an album that unexpectedly hits the mark in almost every aspect of what I enjoy the most about music. Both of these things could be true and with time I’d figure out that my identity does not hinge on the idea of any one genre. Eventually I would realize that while I have an affinity for heavier music with fairly grim subject matter, I also have a deep love for a wide range of alternative pop rock from my youth. It’s fair to call bands like Nirvana, Third Eye Blind, or Oasis pop within that context, although the thirteen year old version of me would have begged to differ. Over time my relationship with what pop meant would gradually change as I realized it had a little less to do with what I associated with the genre and more to do with the popularity of certain songs and artists. Somewhere in my early adolescence, I developed a revulsion towards cheerful, over-the-top, lighthearted songs with simplistic lyrics or, quite simply, what I understood to be pop music. Home > Artist Interview: Heavenward – ‘Pyrophonics’ Artist Interview: Heavenward – ‘Pyrophonics’
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