# THE VAN PELT Release “Grid”  Off ‘Artisans & Merchants’ Out March 17

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/the-van-pelt-release-grid-off-artisans-merchants-out-march-17/
- Published: 2023-03-10T16:30:00-06:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

### **Pioneering NYC Indie Rock Heroes The Van Pelt Release “Grid” The Next Single Off ‘Artisans & Merchants’ Their First New Studio LP In Over 25 Years– Out March 17**

#### **UK, EU and NYC Shows in March/April **

Influential band stands among a select few of the most revered second-wave emo/indie
bands of all time including their peers in The Promise Ring, Mineral, Christie Front
Drive, Boys Life, Braid, Karate, and Rainer Maria.

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Pioneering New York City indie rock band **The Van Pelt** has released **“Grid,”**
the final pre-release single ahead of its long-awaited fourth studio full-length,**‘
Artisans & Merchants,’** set for release on March 17 via **Spartan Records** in 
North America, **La Castanya** in Europe/World and **Gringo** in the UK.

The band’s first studio recording in over 25 years, was recorded and mixed in Summer/
Fall 2021 by **Jeff Zeigler** (The War On Drugs, Kurt Vile) at Uniform Recording
in Philadelphia, PA, and features guest appearances by **Nate Kinsella** and **Ted
Leo** among others.

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The Van Pelt will play a series of UK, EU and Brooklyn shows in March and April.
See dates below.

![The Van Pelt](https://i0.wp.com/cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/3526/9556/
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**_Vulture‘s_**_ 100 Greatest Emo Songs of All-Time_

**_BrooklynVegan’s_**_ Top 18 Emo Albums of 1996_

_“”Finds the band’s Slint-like mix of post-rock, post-hardcore, and spoken word 
in fine form. It sounds like it could be stripped straight from the band’s classic’
90s era, and it sounds fresh today too.”- _**_Brooklynvegan_**

_“The lines between post-hardcore, indie rock, and emo blurred on the two mid-’90s
full-lengths from the Van Pelt.”- _**_Pitchfork_**

_“New York City’s The Van Pelt are an influential, but too often overlooked indie
rock band — cult favorites for many an emo-inclined crate digger.”_ – _**Consequence**_

_“…should be mentioned a lot more than they are when you talk about the history 
of emo.”- _**_Washed Up Emo_**

![The Van Pelt album](https://i0.wp.com/cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/3604/
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**‘Artisans & Merchants’ **

[[**‘Artisans & Merchants’ **

**Track Listing:** 
1. We Gotta Leave 2. [Image of Health ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/2023/02/the-van-pelt-release-image-of-health-the-next-single-off-artisans-merchants-out-march-17/)
3. Artisans & Merchants 4. Punk House 5. Old Souls from Different Epochs 6. Grid
7. Cold Coconuts 8. Did We Hear The Same Song 9. Love Is Brutal

**Upcoming Shows:** 
3/16 – Leeds, UK @ Warf Chambers 3/17 – Nottingham, UK @ The
Old Cold Store 3/18 – London, UK @ The Garage 3/19 – Antwerp, BEL @ Trix 4/23 – 
Brooklyn, NY @ St. Vitus

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Reunion show soundchecks revealed that this band has a voice that was prematurely
muted by their inability to see clearly in the thick of their rise.

More than two decades later, The Van Pelt has returned to explore what was left 
behind with a new collection of songs, ‘Artisans & Merchants.’ This is not a reunion
album. This is vindication.

For lovers of The Van Pelt, listening to ‘Artisans & Merchants’ is like hearing 
the voice of a dear friend you haven’t seen in years — a friend you used to share
countless beers with over banter that went nowhere other than delivering a solid
night. Your friend is older, they’ve changed. In some ways you’re worried for them,
looks like they might be teetering on the brink of something. In other ways, it’s
the same old them, a nugget of a soul too unique to ever be altered.

It’s for those unfamiliar with The Van Pelt though for whom we should be truly jealous.
This is a stand-alone album, incredible vital songwriting in and of itself regardless
of the long history this band has. The climax of the single “Image of Health” perhaps
describes the beautiful desperation best: _“And you never felt more alive / Than
when the priest came to read you your rites!”_

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