PNL Circus & the Ex Guitars

|| Calls! ||

Release date: 01-05-2026
Format: LP; CD & Digital download

PNL Records

Line-up // Juliana Venter - voice; Thomas Johansson - trumpet; Signe Emmeluth - alto saxophone and flute; Kalle Moberg - accordion; Christian Meaas Svendsen - electric and acoustic bass; Paal Nilssen-Love - drums, percussion, Paiste cymbals plus piano on “Eg Såg”; Andy Moor & Terrie Hessels, electric guitars on “Pussy Pussy Cha-Cha”, “I should be so Lucky” and “Calls: Let They Free!”
Arnold de Boer, electric guitar and megaphone on “Calls: Let They Free”, vocals on “I should be so Lucky”.

LP and Digital Album: https://pnlrecords.bandcamp.com/album/calls-2

All music by Paal Nilssen-Love (TONO) except “I should be so Lucky” and Nazaré. “I should be so Lucky” by Stretchheadd. Nazaré is by Mestre Barachinha, a song Paal heard in Nazaré da Mata when Bernardo Oliveira, Mariana Mansur and Bethania Brandao took him to experience the deep Nordeste of Brazil.

“Calls: Let They Free!” arranged by Andy Moor
Lyrics on “Calls: Let They Free!” and Pussy Pussy Cha Cha by Juliana Venter.
Lyrics on “Song for Joe” by both Juliana and Paal.
Lyrics on “Eg Såg” is a broken-up excerpt from Arne Garborg´s “Haugtussa”.
The sound of bamboo trees during bass solo and after “Song for Joe” was recorded outside the museum of Francisco Brennand in Recife, Brazil.

Special thanks to Oddrun Lilja, Danielle Oosterop, Bernardo Oliveira, Mariana Mansur and Siba. Thanks also to Håvard Hunsdal Schjong for introducing Paal to Stretcheads 35 years ago, plus Andreas Joner for selling him that same LP “Five Fingers Four Thingers a Thumb a Facelift and a New Identity” – still a highly recommended album. Big thanks also to Christian Engfelt and Bob Weston for their impeccable expertise.

Eg Såg, Nazaré, Seven Times, Slainté, Song for Joe – recorded by Christian Engfelt at Paradiso Studio, Oslo on 17th and 18th June 2024
Pussy Pussy Cha-Cha, Calls: Let They Free! and I should be so Lucky - recorded by Kasper Frenkel at Electric Monkey Studio, Amsterdam, Netherlands on February 27th, 2024

Mixed by Christian Engfelt at Studio Paradiso.
Mastered by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering Service.
Produced by Paal Nilssen-Love.
Co-produced by Christian Engfelt.
Photo by Håvard Gjelseth.
Cover by Lasse Marhaug.
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