New album from Eugenia Post Meridiem

Hailing from Genoa in Italy, Eugenia Post Meridiem is an indie pop outfit that was formed in the summer of 2017 when vocalist and guitarist Eugenia met bass player Matteo, guitarist and keyboardist Giovanni and drummer Matteo. Together they combine to craft their own brand of original dreamy bedroom pop with tinges of psychedelic vibes.

After traveling and working in Lisbon, Eugenia returned to the project to start recording their first material in August 2018 at Big Snuff Studio in Berlin, resulting in their debut album In Her Bones being released the following year. Touring around Italy and playing festivals in Europe, they’ve been going from strength-to-strength as they’ve rolled out their creative vision.

Last year they dropped a two-part single with “LIFE SLEEPER – SIDE A” and “LIFE SLEEPER – SIDE B” and returned in 2022 with three new tracks – “Willpower”, “around my neck” and “whisper” – which all feature on their brand new sophomore record titled like I need a tension. Featuring eight tracks, on their new LP, Eugenia Post Meridiem deliver their magnum opus of shimmering indie pop music that pairs their assured songwriting talents with their exquisite instrumental prowess.

Already receiving plaudits from the likes of VICE, Rolling Stone and CLASH, the band’s critically acclaimed album offers a captivating listening experience from start to finish. With smooth arrangements of guitar, bass and subtly grooving percussion built around Eugenia’s stunning lead vocal work, on their second album the band share the next chapter in their exciting sonic journey.

Written and produced over a two year period, finished by an intense two week recording spree after the lockdowns, like I need a tension was crafted in a converted barn near the village of Montaldo Bormida in northern Italy. “It was a totally collaborative process… All the composing was done together, right there in the room,” they share.

Featuring the previously unheard highlight track “crucial spring”, on the song the band offers, “This song is clearly divided into two parts: the tension and the tendency towards fragmentation is evident here as well. These two parts are however internally highly compact and coherent. The whole song is built on the contrast of atmospheres and meanings they create, opposing and complementing each other. The first half is night, that rest and shelter, that sickness, that concealment, that closure, that great winter someone has longed for, like a great need and secret, a great promise made in her/his childhood.”

Adding, “This darkness rests in a cocoon, but soon blows up right in the middle of the song, when a wide open door turns everything upside down. Clear, airy sounds can now take you on a liberating sprint into an unprecedented warmth, into a return of sight. This crucial sight brings into view only what makes us necessary to the world. Then we see the world that is necessary to us.”

Listen to like I need a tension below