South American trio PILGRIMS have released their latest single, Liminal Travel, which arrives as part of their new album Gemini. The track carries that same quiet sense of motion that defines the record as a whole, with tension rising beneath the surface, consistently shifting.
Built on arpeggiated bass lines and a driving electro pulse that feel both expansive and contained in a strange manner, Liminal Travel unfolds with a kind of measured urgency. Juls Garat’s voice sits at the center, drifting between Spanish and English without breaking its cadence.
The accompanying video was shot across New York City, and follows Garat and bandmate Claudio Marcio as they move through familiar landmarks and in-between spaces.
Garat states: “As an immigrant, you exist in a limbo, you don’t really belong to anywhere. As cliché as it sounds, it’s the primal experience of migration. It’s a journey where you question your essence, your values, your relationships, societal constructs, all what makes us human.”
That point of view permeates the song without having to be explicitly stated. The motion through the city becomes an internal as well as physical experience, with each stride forward carrying a silent recharge.
ZR