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Sep 05, 2024 By Mark Redfern Photography by Jeff Pitcher

Emma Anderson, the co-founder of shoegaze icons Lush, released her acclaimed debut solo album, Pearlies, last October via Sonic Cathedral. Now she has announced a reimagined (or remixed) version of the album, Spiralée: Pearlies Rearranged, and shared a new single from it, a new version of “Willow and Mallow” reworked by Daniel Hunt of Ladytron. Spiralée: Pearlies Rearranged is due out October 18 via Sonic Cathedral. Check out a video for the new single below, followed by the album’s tracklist and cover artwork.

Anderson had this to say about “Willow and Mallow (Daniel Hunt Mix)” in a press release: “I’ve known Danny for over 20 years now. I worked for the band’s management and he told me he’d been a massive Lush fan as a teenager and even had a poster of us on his wall. We became friends and he co-produced the Lush EP that came out in 2016, so it’s been a pleasure to work with him again on my own material.

“He has made the track less folky and more poppy and it really works. I also added some new backing vocals and—hey presto!—a fresh take on an existing song that just takes it to another place.”

Anderson has previously released three Spiralée: Pearlies Rearranged tracks: “Inter Light (MEMORIALS Mix),” “For a Moment (deary Dub Mix),” and “Taste the Air (Julia Holter Mix),” which was one of our Songs of the Week.

Anderson also had this to say about Spiralée: Pearlies Rearranged: “It was a chance to get some really inventive people to take the tracks and turn them on their heads and that’s exactly what has happened. We selected an interesting array of artists and gave them the stems without any direction to see what they would come up with. The result is absolutely brilliant and is a record that stands alone without even knowing what the originals are like.”

Previously Anderson shared Pearlies’s first single, “Bend the Round,” via a music video. “Bend the Round” made a special Songs of the Week playlist. Then she shared the album’s second single, “Clusters,” via a music video. “Clusters” was one of our Songs of the Week. Then she shared the album’s third single, “The Presence,” via a lyric video, and it was again one of our Songs of the Week. Pearlies was one of our Top 100 Albums of 2023.

James Chapman (aka Mute Records artist Maps) produced Pearlies, which features some additional guitar contributions from Suede’s Richard Oakes.

Read our interview with Anderson on Pearlies.

In April, Lush and 4AD also teamed up with The Criterion Channel to release A Far From Home Movie, a new short documentary film on the band based on Super-8 footage filmed by bassist Philip King during their tours from 1992 to 1996.

Pick up our current print issue, Issue 72, The ’90s Issue, where Anderson was interviewed for an article on ’90s shoegaze music.

Check out our interview with Lush on their 1994 album Split.

Spiralée: Pearlies Rearranged Tracklist:

1. Willow And Mallow (Daniel Hunt Mix)
2. The Presence (Concretism Mix)
3. Clusters (LoneLady Lost Minds Mix)
4. For A Moment (deary Dub Mix)
5. Xanthe (Witching Time Version)
6. Inter Light (MEMORIALS Mix)
7. Taste The Air (Julia Holter Mix)
8. Tonight Is Mine (Lorelle MeetsThe Obsolete 84-86 Mix)
9. Bend The Round (The Orielles Blend The Round Mix)
10. I Was Miles Away (Masal Spectral Mix)

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