{"product_id":"pygmy-lush-totem","title":"Pygmy Lush- Totem","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel: Persistent Vision\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReleased 8\/29\/2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTOTEM is the first new album from Virginia's Pygmy Lush in 14 years. Like their previous output, it was recorded and mixed by longtime friend and collaborator of the band, Kurt Ballou, at GodCity Studio in Massachusetts in April 2016. And as with their other three full lengths, Pygmy Lush — the band sworn to never break up, only take breaks — is readily recognizable here: a bit different, and a bit the same. Unlike their earlier work though, TOTEM sat (or stood, fully formed and erect) complete, yet unheard — unreleased, “shelved” or “lost” — until now. As sure as you can’t unring a bell, the album’s 11 songs are no less than eight years old, but couldn’t be unmade short of direct and total cataclysm. If you already know Pygmy Lush and their modus operandi over these last two decades, you already know to check your baggage and leave all expectations behind. When others zig, Pygmy Lush zag. When the show is loud, Pygmy Lush are quiet. And so it goes. TOTEM is no exception, but also stands alone within the band's body of work, a monolithic sum of its Pygmy Lush parts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrack listing:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHouse of Blood (Butch’s Monster)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt Wasn’t a Compliment (Martial Law Blues)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Little Boy and His Bulldozer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlgorithmic Mercy (Prayers Printed Directly into a Shredder)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Famous Jock (The Rest of Us)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFebruary Song\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBand-Aid on a Bullet Wound\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Puppeteer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePost-Punk in the Wrong Hands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArtistic Blood \/ Blanket Out the Sun (in a world of better things)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNonsensical Whimper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Waiting Room Records","offers":[{"title":"Cassette","offer_id":43748430938227,"sku":null,"price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":43748430970995,"sku":null,"price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Bone \u0026 Seaweed Smash LP","offer_id":43748431003763,"sku":null,"price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0082\/4315\/0908\/files\/a1807658762_10.jpg?v=1756397087","url":"https:\/\/waitingroomrecords.com\/products\/pygmy-lush-totem","provider":"Waiting Room Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}