Taurus out via Topshelf Records on October 1st, 2025 (digital, cassette)
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September 17th, 2025 — One year from the release of acclaimed album Rose Main Reading Room, Peel Dream Magazine returns with a new companion album, Taurus.
Spanning eight previously unavailable tracks that were originally recorded for their lush and inviting 2024 full length, Taurus offers a wider glimpse into songwriter Joseph Stevens' process and creative output from those sessions.
The band, whose name nods to the BBC Radio 1 legend John Peel -- arbiter of all things underground, quality, and (it must be said) "cool" -- has since its inception been a genre-hopping experiment, jumping from motorik krautrock to shoegaze and space age pop.
On Taurus, Peel Dream Magazine remain explorative, drifting effortlessly across a gamut of styles that range from the twee indie pop of lead single "Venus In Nadir", the title track's cozy vibraphones, and the bubbly space-synths of "Seek and Destroy."
Although unbound by genre, Peel Dream Magazine still inhabit the sonic milieu of warm woodland tones and droning repetition. In the entrancing standout "Believer," they evoke Rose Main Reading Room's atmosphere through vocalist Olivia Babuka Black's mantric melodies and Phillip Glass-like woodwinds and mallets, bringing Taurus into focus as a welcoming companion piece to its predecessor.
Of the lead single "Venus In Nadir," Peel Dream Magazine's Joe Stevens writes:
"This is a song that I started during the Rose Main Reading Room sessions but kind of gave up on. I revisited it after the album came out, reworked the lyrics and some of the overdubs, and ended up with this really simple twee song about a forlorn recluse who is withering away from an requited love. I imagined him confined to a log cabin, withdrawing from the civilized world, maybe because the guitar voicings felt very Nick Drake-y. "Venus In Nadir" is what came out and it seemed right. I was already kicking around this astrology motif, which is mysterious to me because I'm highly skeptical of it. But that's what's cool about writing songs - you can take these mental images off the shelf, make a mess of them, and you don't have to worry about putting them back when you're done."
TOUR DATES:
October 8, 2025 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk +
October 9, 2025 - Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves $
October 11, 2025 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade / Altar @
October 12, 2025 - Durham, NC @ The Pinhook ^
October 13, 2025 - Washington D.C. @ Songbyrd !
October 14, 2025 - New York, NY @ Night Club 101 #
October 15, 2025 - Philadelphia, PA @ Warehouse ^^
October 16, 2025 - Brooklyn, NY @ Baby's All Right *
October 17, 2025 - Boston, MA @ Deep Cuts *
October 18, 2025 - Montreal, QC @ Toscadura ##
October 19, 2025 - Toronto, ON @ Sound Garage $$
October 20, 2025 - Kalamazoo, MI @ Glow Hall
October 21, 2025 - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle ++
October 22, 2025 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry !!
October 24, 2025 - Denver, CO @ Hi Dive **
December 4, 2025 - South Pasadena, CA @ Sid The Cat Auditorium %
* = w/ 22° Halo
# = w/ Shower Curtain
% = w/ Goon
@ = w/ Orchid Mantis
+ = w/ Alexalone & Felt Out
$ = w/ Pique & Queen Serene
^ = w/ Big Mistake
! = w/ Emotional World
^^ = w/ Fib & Doused
## = w/ Taupe & Bas Relief
$$ = w/ Eliza Niemi
++ = w/ TV Buddha & Mia Joy
!! = w/ Products Band & Real Numbers
** = w/ Wave Decay & Bellhoss
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