Pvris releases White Noise

There is a moment where every artist decides that it is best to create music based on instinct rather than expectation. For PVRIS, a three-piece rock band from Boston, that moment came during their conception. The trio formed in the studio while making songs for a previous project and realized that they needed to collectively eschew any preconceived idea of what music should be. “It occurred to us that we should just make whatever we want and not worry about fitting into the local scene,” Lynn says. “Our vision was whatever we felt like doing. It was about making what we felt like making in the moment.”That vision has manifested itself into PVRIS’s debut album White Noise, which follows an acoustic EP that came out in April of 2014. The album is its own entity, a collection of dynamic, surging rock songs that combine the musicians’ collective influences and inspirations. The band has continually fostered an interest in electronic music and hoped to organically bring those sounds into their pop-tinged rock numbers. “We knew we wanted to go in a more electronic direction on the album,” Lynn says. “We had that vision but we had no clue how it would actually sound. We let the music find itself.”

The song “White noise” on the album of the same name by PVRIS is the latest offering from the young Massachusetts group. Inspired by the sounds of static made by TVs and radios, Lyndsey Gunnulfsen’s emotional lyrics float above a driving rhythm and synths that echo the longing of the refrain “Can you hear me? I’m screaming, for you”. The song shows off Gunnulfsen’s songwriting prowess, with lyrics that are deceptively simple but still resonate with the listener, drawing them in and dropping them into the depths of the moody yearning of the chorus. This is a song that perfectly mixes pop, rock and electronic music into an irresistibly dark, fresh sound that will leave the listener wanting more.