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DEATH VALLEY GIRLS share new PEACHES remix
Today LA-based punk band Death Valley Girls have shared a new remix of their track “When I’m Free” by Peaches via Suicide Squeeze Records and have also announced a full run of UK tour dates starting in June.
For nearly a decade, Death Valley Girls have made it their mission to remind the punks, psych rockers, garage aficionados, and desert mystics of the communal, transcendental, and triumphant power of music, as evidenced most recently in the riotous affirmations of their 2022 track “When I’m Free.”
The song fuses Bonnie Bloomgarden’s passionate vocals, Larry Schemel’s anthemic guitar chords, rousing sing-along choruses, and feverish organ lines into a perfect three-minute shot of adrenaline and dopamine. Despite the old-school nature of their instrumentation, Death Valley Girls are well aware of the revolutionary power of the dance floor, so they approached one of their heroes to help re-envision “When I’m Free” for the club crowd.
What better way to reinforce in the liberating spirit of the song than to give it to Peaches—an artist who continues to push boundaries in a career that spans over two decades, and who has helped so many people navigate sexuality, gender, identity, and being comfortable in one’s body in the new millennium.
Under Peaches’ meticulous care, “When I’m Free” transforms from a scrappy rock song to a throbbing, minimalist club banger. The musical key switches from major to minor, taking the song from celebratory mode into a leaner and meaner message of empowerment. Bloomgarden’s impassioned vocals remain in place along with a few organ glissandos, though the rest of the original is excised in favor of stark four-on-the-floor beats and pulsing synth bass. The sound may prompt a different type of gyration than the original, but the spirit of freedom and revelry remains and takes on a whole new angle under Peaches’ masterful manipulations.
See Death Valley Girls live:
13/05/22 – US – San Pedro, CA – The Sardine – Tickets
19/05/22 – US – Everett, WA – Fisherman’s Village Music Fest – Tickets
31/05/22 – FR – Paris – Supersonic – FREE SHOW
02/06/22 – FR – Aix-en-Provence – 6MIC – Tickets
03/06/22 – FR – Bourg-en-Bresse – La Tannerie – Tickets
04/06/22 – FR – Angers – Levitation Fest – Tickets
06/06/22 – DE – Koln – Sonic Ballroom – Tickets
07/06/22 – DE – Munster – Gleis 22 – Tickets
08/06/22 – DE – Berlin – Urban Spree – Tickets
09/06/22 – SW – Malmo – Plan B – Tickets
10/06/22 – DK – Copenhagen – Loppen – Tickets
11/06/22 – SW – Goteborg – Showdown – Tickets
13/06/22 – FR – Le Havre – Mc Daid’s – Tickets
14/06/22 – UK – Birmingham – Hare & Hounds – Tickets
15/06/22 – UK – Leeds – Brudenell Social Club – Tickets
16/06/22 – UK- Newcastle – The Clunny – Tickets
17/06/22 – UK – Nottingham – The Bodega – Tickets
18/06/22 – UK – London – The Lexington – Tickets
19/06/22 – UK – Brighton – The Hope & Ruin – Tickets
21/06/22 – SP – Barcelona – Upload – Tickets
22/06/22 – SP – Valencia – Loco Club – Tickets
23/06/22 – SP – Madrid – Wurlitzer Ballroom – Tickets
24/06/22 – SP – Vigo – La Iguana Club – Tickets
25/06/22 – SP – Oviedo – La Salvaje – Tickets
26/06/22 – SP – Sopelana – La Triangu
28/06/22 – IT – Ravenna – Hana-Bi
29/06/22 – IT – Perugia – Fat Art Club
30/06/22 – IT – Livorno – Ultima Cecina
01/07/22 – IT – Padova – Sub Cult Fest
15/07/22 – US – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel – Tickets
16/07/22 – US – Santa Cruz, CA – Crepe Place – Tickets
17/07/22 – US – Cayucos, CA – Schooners – FREE SHOW
05/08/22 – US – Indianapolis, IN – Back Alley Ballyhoo Fest – Tickets