16 July 2021 - 0 Comments

Proteins of Magic release the second single Hopeful Symphony from the debut album due August 13. The lyric video is an animated collage featuring an intergalactic worry doll who sings an invocation for emotional protection.

Watch Hopeful Symphony HERE

Find Hopeful Symphony online HERE

Hopeful Symphony follows POM's debut single One More Thing which was released last month. Described by New Zealand’s Under the Radar as a “sweeping and emotive first official single from POM, launched with a superbly mind-melting self-made claymation video”. One More Thing was also featured as the Video of The Day in loudwomen.org who noted, “This incredible ‘claymation’ video was painstakingly created by the artist, Kelly Sherrod. The music provides a haunting electropop landscape to a personal pandemic tale.”

Watch One More Thing HERE

From a recent live show with Jakob, Ambient Light describes her one-woman performance, “Rhythmic breaths and gasps cut our chat short, and we head inside as Proteins of Magic (aka Kelly Sherrod) layers the first track of the evening. Wearing an all-white, tight latex top, she stood alone with her keyboard amidst an ever-growing wall of sound. Deep, sampled drum hits stumble around her bellowing siren song, cutting in and out on command with complete fluency. Impressions bring to mind Grimes with hints from the darker undertones of Tricky.”

Splitting time between NZ and Nashville, Tennessee, Kelly most recently played bass and toured across Europe and America with Grammy and Academy Award winner Ryan Bingham. She also released three individual art gallery collections on canvas in recent years. Winning “most promising female musician award” at the NZ Rockquest in high school, Kelly went on to study at Elam art school before making her debut into the NZ music scene fronting Punches with James Duncan (2003-09) and playing bass with Dimmer’s Shayne Carter (2007-09), which also included touring America with The Brian Jonestown Massacre. It was in 2009 when Kelly moved to Nashville, devoting herself to painting, recording in her home studio and touring. Soon after her son’s birth and the experiences that followed, Kelly found her personal drive and artistic ammunition to express her stories with music and visual art.

Proteins of Magic are currently touring across New Zealand in support of their solo-debut.

— UPCOMING SHOWS —

24 July @ Pyramid Club, Wellington

14 August @ Audio Foundation, Auckland

11 September @ Blue Smoke, Christchurch**

18 September @ San Fran, Wellington**

24 September @ Mercury Theatre, Auckland**

25 September @ Mercury Theatre, Auckland**

2 October @ Mayfair Theatre, Dunedin**

15 October Napier, Paisley Stage (supporting Desbot)

** supporting Dimmer

All dates and Ticket Info from www.proteinsofmagic.com

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