Pigeons Playing Ping Pong

Pigeons Playing Ping PongFor Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, music is a living flameone demanding relentless tending, fresh kindling, and the collective breath of community to sustain it. On their eighth studio album, Feed The Fire (No Coincidence Records), the Baltimore quartetScrambled Greg Ormont [vocals, guitar], Jeremy Schon [guitar, vocals], Ben Carrey [bass, vocals], and Alex Gator Petropulos [drums, vocals]push their psychedelic funk odyssey into its most expansive incarnation yet. Across sixteen years, eight albums, and countless sweat-soaked performances, Pigeons have mastered transformation, deepening their connection with their devoted fanbase and channeling lifes seismic shifts into fuel for their unquenchable fire. The fire represents our passion, explains Ormont. Making music feels like something we were born to do...Feed The Fire is the perfect metaphor for our unwavering commitment to keep evolving. Significant milestones, from headlining major stages to their fan-centric Domefest, underscore their remarkable journey. Feed The Fire shatters boundaries through adventurous collaboration. The band invited Nashville virtuoso Wes Bailey (Moon Taxi) to co-write the title tracks spiraling guitar hooksa first for the group. As soon as I played him the demo, he came up with the soaring lead melody on the spot. It ended up being our first true collaborative writing experience, recalls Schon. In another debut, Ben Carrey steps into the lead vocal spotlight on his heartfelt groove anthem Hit The Ground Runnin. Horn collaborators Here Come The Mummies and West End Blend amplify tracks like Fantasy and Calm Before The Storm, while guest producer Chalk Dinosaur enhances the psychedelic layers on Twitch and Underworld.The bands relentless evolution is evident in standout tracks like the buoyantly infectious Right Track, which distills their live energy into a concise message of resilience and self-trust. According to Schon, Every album we make is a reflection of where w