Pom Pom Squad have announced their sophomore LP, Mirror Starts Moving Without Me. The follow-up to 2021’s Death of a Cheerleader comes out October 25 via City Slang Records. It’s already been previewed by last month’s ‘Downhill’, and a new single called ‘Spinning’ is out today, along with a video directed by frontperson Mia Berrin and Benjamin Lieber. Check it out below and scroll down for the album cover and tracklist.
“The song represents a moment when I was learning to cope with painful memories of the past and how they’ve shaped my future,” Berrin said in a statement about ‘Spinning’. “In accepting them, I’ve been able to find more freedom and forgiveness within myself.”
“A lot of the lyrics on the album have to do with watching/analyzing yourself, so I knew I wanted to create a surveillance room setup for something,” she added of the accompanying visual. “It turned out to be a really fun home-base for the ‘Spinning’ video.”
Opening up about the album, Berrin shared: “I took a lot of inspiration from my younger self on this album. I wanted to get back in touch with my creative roots. After hitting a particularly rough bout of writer’s block, I challenged myself to make a playlist of my all-time favorite songs from childhood to adulthood. It was healing in a way I didn’t expect! Before we went into the studio I made my bandmates and Cody do the same, then we all listened to each other’s and had a long conversation about them. Through the sessions for Mirror we were all pulling references from our collective playlists more than anything else.”
Read our Artist Spotlight interview with Pom Pom Squad.
Mirror Starts Moving Without Me Cover Artwork:
Mirror Starts Moving Without Me Tracklist:
1. Downhill
2. Spinning
3. Street Fighter
4. Everybody’s Moving On
5. Villain
6. Running From Myself
7. Messages
8. Montauk
9. Doll Song
10. Tarot Interlude
11. The Tower
