Tune in on Sunday, March 22nd at 7pm to hear (boy)wife speak with Sandra Tervonen and Juuso Malin of Helsinki based dreamy alt-pop duo, Pearly Drops.
Catch Pearly Drops on March 21st at Cafe du Nord in SF and later down the line on September 8th when the duo return to SF to play The Regency Ballroom.
Painting with a bold, slightly macabre palette, Pearly Drops create a realm of strange, softly smudged pop. On the Helsinki act’s third full-length, The Voices Are Coming Back, fantasy and the mundane tangle into an alluring web of mystery. The record centers on an age-old tale: the saga of Hollywood hopefuls.
Branching beyond their home of Finland, Pearly Drops are an emerging fixture of the global indie-electronic scene. The act wraps sweet, dreamy melodies in futuristic hues. It’s fitting that Tervonen and Malin share backgrounds in music production and collaborated on sound design efforts before morphing into an artist project.
Pearly Drops’ 2020 debut, Call For Help, and its 2023 follow up, A Little Disaster, introduced a mesmerizing formula — blending misty rock and electronic elements. The pair’s often playful, grungy fashion sense enhances these chic sonics, with all photos and styling handled in house.
“It feels like with this third album, we bottled up that feeling of losing your mind and your identity when trying to chase your dreams — whatever they happen to be,” Tervonen and Malin muse. Across this feverish vision of a record, the uncertainty and burnout of everyday life manifest in uncanny, albeit deeply human ways.
