{"product_id":"death-valley-girls-welcome-to-earth","title":"Death Valley Girls - Welcome To Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe road to \u003cstrong\u003eDeath Valley Girls\u003c\/strong\u003e’ \u003cem\u003eWelcome to Earth\u003c\/em\u003e begins in the ashes of California’s Eaton Fire. After losing her home in Altadena and soon after her beloved dog Tommy, lead singer and songwriter \u003cstrong\u003eBonnie Bloomgarden\u003c\/strong\u003e confronted questions that resisted easy answers: What survives catastrophe? What remains after loss? How do you rebuild a life when the things that once defined it are gone? The album that emerged from those questions is among the most intimate and searching works Death Valley Girls have ever made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout the band's body of work, they have treated music as both celebration and search party. Albums like \u003cem\u003eGlow in the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDarkness Rains\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUnder the Spell of Joy\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eIslands in the Sky\u003c\/em\u003e transformed their space rock sound into a vehicle for spiritual inquiry, finding flashes of transcendence amid everyday chaos. But \u003cem\u003eWelcome to Earth\u003c\/em\u003e feels distinct from its predecessors. It focuses less on escaping the world and more on understanding how to remain connected after devastation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat emerged was not a psych-punk record about loss, exactly, but about connection: the invisible threads linking people, animals, memories, landscapes, and lives across time. The album's title functions as both a greeting and a reminder, a welcome from the natural world to a species that has largely forgotten its place within it. Again and again, the songs return to the possibility that separation may be humanity's most persistent illusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat idea of connection extends beyond the songs themselves. After the fire, Bloomgarden found herself held aloft by the musicians who now make up Death Valley Girls: drummer \u003cstrong\u003eBailey Chapman\u003c\/strong\u003e, guitarist \u003cstrong\u003eLaena Myers\u003c\/strong\u003e, bassist \u003cstrong\u003eAlana Amram\u003c\/strong\u003e, saxophonist \u003cstrong\u003eSarah Safaie\u003c\/strong\u003e, and keyboardist \u003cstrong\u003eGregg Foreman\u003c\/strong\u003e - who devastatingly passed away not long after. They carried her through grief, through the band's first tour after the loss, and a year for her to be ready to write again. Their presence shaped not only the spirit of \u003cem\u003eWelcome to Earth\u003c\/em\u003e, but its sound: a more expansive, communal energy that feels inseparable from the people who helped bring it into being. \"I don't think this record could have been made with any other group of people,\" Bloomgarden shares. Tragically, the album also stands as the final Death Valley Girls recording to feature Gregg's contributions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYet for all its weighty questions, \u003cem\u003eWelcome to Earth\u003c\/em\u003e is remarkably joyful. \u003cem\u003ePlant Magic\u003c\/em\u003e turns renewal into a communal celebration. \u003cem\u003eBasic Witch\u003c\/em\u003e, featuring \u003cstrong\u003eSeth Bogart\u003c\/strong\u003e, transforms heartbreak into hard-won self-awareness. \u003cem\u003eMessage From the Venus Flower\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eI Love You\u003c\/em\u003e reimagine grief as evidence of an enduring connection rather than an ending. Musically, the album remains unmistakably Death Valley Girls: exuberant, melodic, curious, and gloriously open-hearted. Girl-group harmonies drift through hazy psychedelic passages; voices gather into communal chants; choruses arrive with the buoyancy of a collective sing-along. That communal spirit echoes throughout the album's many voices: twenty-three guest singers appear across the record, including a children's chorus whose bright presence lends the songs a fresh sense of wonder. Longtime collaborator \u003cstrong\u003eLaura \"The Kid\" Kelsey\u003c\/strong\u003e returns throughout the album, as well as \u003cstrong\u003eLittle Ghost\u003c\/strong\u003e who was equally central to the process, contributing backing vocals throughout the record, creating the album artwork, and remaining a constant creative presence both in the studio and on the road. \u003cem\u003eWelcome to Earth\u003c\/em\u003e also features acclaimed jazz vocalist and multi-Grammy-nominated artist \u003cstrong\u003eGretchen Parlato\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat makes \u003cem\u003eWelcome to Earth\u003c\/em\u003e so moving is its refusal to separate the cosmic from the deeply personal. Bloomgarden searches for meaning everywhere, following those threads wherever they lead. The result is Death Valley Girls' most intimate album, but also their most expansive: a record that looks directly at loss and somehow emerges more open to wonder. In the end, \u003cem\u003eWelcome to Earth\u003c\/em\u003e proposes a radical idea disguised as a danceable rock-and-roll record. It suggests that healing begins not when grief disappears, but when we recognize how deeply connected we have always been.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SUICIDE SQUEEZE RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"Coke Bottle Green Vinyl LP","offer_id":58819369861465,"sku":"SDZ-50225","price":28.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":58819369894233,"sku":"SDZ-50226","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/CAR_20260811_1401_130218_909_v_0803238025414_003.jpg?v=1786456401","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/death-valley-girls-welcome-to-earth","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}