“In Mysteries the band’s creative vision has never been clearer […] Another brilliant record, from a brilliant band.”
THE QUIETUS

“An all-consuming wall of sound, meant to be listened to at maximum volume.”
DECIBEL MAGAZINE

“POHL excel at turning the known into the unknown, going one step beyond genre tropes, and generally finding novel ways to make exciting kinds of noise.”
INVISIBLE ORANGES

“Mysteries is the type of album that pummels you into submission and sends you to hospital with its brilliantly sweet grooves before discharging you and then doing that shit all over again with a huge smile over your face.”
OUTLAWS OF THE SUN

“Mysteries demands your attention…”
ECHOES AND DUST

“Credit needs to be extended out to Pearce and Westman for producing what is a thoroughly explorative, exciting and engaging piece of work that will appeal to fans of noise-rock, psych, punk and stoner rock.”
THE SLEEPING SHAMAN

“POHL’s debut showcases their capability to craft heavy, atmospheric noise rock that blends catchy hooks with Pearce’s powerful vocals. It highlights some of the compelling elements of the duo’s sonic past while also indicating they are willing to take a few risks.”
ANGRY METAL GUY

“It’s blissful, a blast, and occasionally a source of vague worry: a strangely accessible headfuck, and one of the records I’ve spent the most time with over the last couple of months.”
COLLECTIVE ZINE

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PRESS INFO:

Since the release of their debut EP Pohlsmoker in 2012, POHL has shifted inelegantly through various iterations, line-up changes and self-imposed intermissions. But one constant that has forever remained scorched onto the temporal lobes of those in-the-know is the glorious sound they leave in their wake.

Based in Sheffield, POHL is and always has been a stunning and brutal noise rock duo, currently featuring former Hey Colossus axeman Will Pearce on guitar/vocals, and drummer, Dr Linda Westman of the late Toronto-based death metal two-piece, Old Hope.

This July the band releases their debut album Mysteries; a sonic tome which draws as much from MF Doom as it does doom metal. It’s a swirling, cosmic onslaught of heavy motorik riffs and offhand musings about everything and nothing in equal measure.

In intermittent beats, singles like ‘The Whale’ and ‘Revelation’ summon the glorious thunder pop of Torche, the pithy lyricism of K.A.R.P. and the DIY derring-do ethos of Guided by Voices. As guitarist/vocalist Will Pearce explains:

“I suppose you could say that Mysteries is an album about grief. How we live with grief, and how we overcome it. When you’re trapped in the belly of the beast, and all seems lost – how do you come back from that? All I can say is that sometimes you eat the whale, and sometimes the whale eats you.”

Pearce, who had previously played with Hey Colossus on their 2019 album Four Bibles and 2020’s Dances/Curses is thrilled to be teaming up once more with former bandmate Joe Thompson and his Wrong Speed Records imprint. Recorded at the band’s own Cool World studio and mixed by serial collaborator and producer Wayne Adams, Mysteries is many things, often all at the same time. Packing astute biblical allusions to random Burroughsian cut ups, it is mystical, profane, sacred, and scatological. Profoundly stupid, perhaps? Or just stupidly profound… either way, it demands your attention.

Mysteries by POHL is out now on Wrong Speed Records.

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