New Year, New Merch, New Newsletter

The Next Wave is back with a new look 👀 [Pigeons Planes ](#) The Pigeons & Planes newsletter has been pretty consistent over the last year—maybe too consistent. We decided to switch things up in the new year with a redesign and a rethinking of what we send out every week. We’ll still give you our best new artist picks and song recommendations, but we’ll also be mixing things up with more original content, collaborations with artists, and updates on all things P&P: merch drops, playlists, exclusive interviews, and live events (whenever those are possible again, we’ve got some exciting things in store). Hope you like it, feel free to send any requests or recommendations, and good luck to everyone in 2021. It can’t be worse than last year, right? Right?? Thanks for subscribing to The Next Wave. See you next week. [Image](#) [Image](~/AAJOsQA~/RgRh6t_IP0UBMkT6aHR0cHM6Ly9hcHAuaGl2ZS5jby9lbWFpbC9lbHQvP2hfc2lkPTNlMTRlNGI0MDgtNWE4Zjg0ZmRmYmQ5OWI3MDY0OWQwMTE3Jmhhc2g9MDNmMWUyZTA0OTU0ZWM1Jm5leHQ9aHR0cHMlM0EvL3Nob3AuY29tcGxleC5jb20vY29sbGVjdGlvbnMvcGlnZW9ucy1wbGFuZXMteC10aGUtbmVpZ2hib3VyaG9vZCUzRnV0bV9zb3VyY2UlM0RoaXZlJTI2dXRtX21lZGl1bSUzRGVtYWlsJTI2dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduJTNEaGl2ZV9lbWFpbF9pZF82MDY5NVcDc3BjQgpf_MhaCGDJWaxOUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MkBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) We have a [long history](~/AAJOsQA~/RgRh6t_IP0UBM0TgaHR0cHM6Ly9hcHAuaGl2ZS5jby9lbWFpbC9lbHQvP2hfc2lkPTNlMTRlNGI0MDgtNWE4Zjg0ZmRmYmQ5OWI3MDY0OWQwMTE3Jmhhc2g9MDNmMWUyZTA0OTU0ZWM1Jm5leHQ9aHR0cHMlM0EvL3d3dy5jb21wbGV4LmNvbS90YWcvdGhlLW5laWdoYm91cmhvb2QlM0Z1dG1fc291cmNlJTNEaGl2ZSUyNnV0bV9tZWRpdW0lM0RlbWFpbCUyNnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbiUzRGhpdmVfZW1haWxfaWRfNjA2OTVXA3NwY0IKX_zIWghgyVmsTlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTJAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) with Jesse Rutherford and The Neighbourhood, who released another excellent album, Chip Chrome & The Mono-Tones, in September. To celebrate, we talked to frontman Jesse for [this new interview](~/AAJOsQA~/RgRh6t_IP0UBNIQeAWh0dHBzOi8vYXBwLmhpdmUuY28vZW1haWwvZWx0Lz9oX3NpZD0zZTE0ZTRiNDA4LTVhOGY4NGZkZmJkOTliNzA2NDlkMDExNyZoYXNoPTAzZjFlMmUwNDk1NGVjNSZuZXh0PWh0dHBzJTNBLy93d3cuY29tcGxleC5jb20vcGlnZW9ucy1hbmQtcGxhbmVzLzIwMjEvMDEvamVzc2UtcnV0aGVyZm9yZC1pbnRlcnZpZXctdGhlLW5laWdoYm91cmhvb2QtY2hpcC1jaHJvbWUlM0Z1dG1fc291cmNlJTNEaGl2ZSUyNnV0bV9tZWRpdW0lM0RlbWFpbCUyNnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbiUzRGhpdmVfZW1haWxfaWRfNjA2OTVXA3NwY0IKX_zIWghgyVmsTlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTJAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) and we also collaborated with the group on a limited run of merch. The Pigeons & Planes x The Neighbourhood merch collaboration is available exclusively in the Complex SHOP until Friday, 1/22 at 12pm EST. "P&P discovered me off a mixtape I made back in 2010 and have supported every project I’ve been a part of since then," says Jesse Rutherford. "I still feel like P&P are the best at discovering new artists and have proven themselves time after time. When they hit us about doing this collab it was an automatic yes. I was just stoked to have them approach us and already have great ideas for what the designs would be. I made the Chip Chrome & The Mono-Tones logo and they covered it in chrome. The photo tee was inspired by an old photo of Sid Vicious wearing a Bowie T-shirt." 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I love how smart DOOM is on this song with his double entendres about food and pimping. "Anti-Matter" This is by another of DOOM’s aliases King Geedorah and just has one of the smoothest beats I’ve ever heard so deserves a mention off that alone. [Image](#) [Image](#) Lo Village Recommended If You Like: GoldLink, Smino, Spillage Village Maryland trio [Lo Village](~/AAJOsQA~/RgRh6t_IP0UCMTBE12h0dHBzOi8vYXBwLmhpdmUuY28vZW1haWwvZWx0Lz9oX3NpZD0zZTE0ZTRiNDA4LTVhOGY4NGZkZmJkOTliNzA2NDlkMDExNyZoYXNoPTAzZjFlMmUwNDk1NGVjNSZuZXh0PWh0dHBzJTNBLy93d3cuaW5zdGFncmFtLmNvbS9sb3ZpbGxhZ2UvJTNGdXRtX3NvdXJjZSUzRGhpdmUlMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtJTNEZW1haWwlMjZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ24lM0RoaXZlX2VtYWlsX2lkXzYwNjk1VwNzcGNCCl_8yFoIYMlZrE5SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkyQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) have been crafting their sound—a mix of hip-hop, R&B, and neo-soul influences—for a few years now. 2019's It Takes a Village EP was followed by 2020 singles "Comfortable," "Terry Crews," and "Out The Window," which closed out the year with their best and most direct song yet. "2020 changed so much about how we think and view the world," Lo Village tells us. "The pandemic has shed light on the inequalities that define America and forced us all to sit back and reflect while we’ve been in the house. 'Out the Window' is a vocal expression of how we’ve reflected this year. We started the track with a clip from a speech given by Kwame Ture to the Black Panther Party in 1968. We wanted to parallel the civil unrest of 2020 with 1968 and also pay homage to great black leaders. We also incorporated African drums throughout the track, which perfectly matched the energy we were trying to convey our message through." With three different voices and perspectives, not to mention singing woven in with rapping, Lo Village's sound is hard to pin down—a definite positive in a time of homogenization and instant replication of popular sounds and styles. If they keep releasing music as impactful as "Out The Window," Lo Village will be one of 2021's essential rising artists. The trio's Lost in America EP is set for release on January 22. 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