Catalan pianist, vocalist and producer Marina Herlop will release her new album Nekkuja on October 27 via PAN. The record was conceived while she waited for her last album, Pripyat, to be released. “Some days I used to sit on the balcony of my flat to catch some sun,” she explains, “I would close my eyes and start visualizing myself as a gardener, pulling out purple weeds from the soil, every bad memory or emotion I wanted to expulse being one of the plants.” She says Nekkuja is that garden.
The first single is the heady “La Alhambra,” a mesmerizing art pop song with hints of modern classical.
Marina will cross the Atlantic in October for shows in the US ahead of her appearance at MUTEK in Mexico City, including NYC’s Le Poisson Rouge on 10/5. All dates are listed below.
Nekkuja
1. Busa
2. Cosset
3. Karada
4. La Alhambra
5. Reina Mora
6. Interlude
7. Babel
8. Navi (Bonus Track – vinyl only)
Marina Herlop – 2023 tour dates
03/09 Zürich @Theaterspektakel @ Süd
6/09 Barcelona @ Festival Mussol @ Paral.lel 62
7/09 Donosti @ Boga Boga Festibala @ Kutxa Kultur Kluba
09/09 Tilburg @ Draaimolen Festival
10/09 Corato @ Secolare Festival
15/09 Budapest @ Berlin Budapest Express @ House of Music
21/09 Lisbon @ BoCA Bienal @ National Pantheon
22/09 Faro @ BoCA Bienal @ Ruins of Milreu
23/09 Barcelona @ La Mercè @Teatre Grec
27/09 Košice @ Tabačka Kulturfabrik
28/09 Prague @ Lunchmeat Festival
30/09 Warsaw @ Avant Art Festival @ Komuna Warszawa
5/10 NYC @ Le Poisson Rouge
7/10 Durham @ Slingshot Festival
8/10 Chicago @ Sleeping Village
10/10 LA @ 2220 Arts
12/10 Mexico @ MUTEK
03/11 Turin @ Club To Club
10/11 Terrassa @ Faves Tendres @Teatre Principal
18/11 Nantes @ Rewire @ Le Lieu Unique – Le Grand Atelier
25/11 Buenos Aires @ Primavera Sound
02/12 Sao Paulo @ Primavera Sound
09/12 Bogotá @ Primavera Sound
15/12 Sevilla @ CaixaForum
