Album Review: Tripla by Miki Berenyi Trio

Miki Berenyi's voice, a sonic hallmark of the '90s shoegaze scene with Lush, returns with a refreshed spirit on Miki Berenyi Trio's debut album, Tripla. While echoes of Lush’s dreamy guitar textures and Berenyi's distinctive vocal delivery linger, Tripla forges a new strain of dream pop with a melodically intricate and richly layered mix of guitars and electronica. This album is neither a nostalgia trip nor is it a drastic evolution, but it showcases Berenyi's continued artistic growth and a willingness to explore fresh sonic landscapes.

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Anybody yearning for the glory days of shoegaze will find much to enjoy in this, the start of an exciting new chapter for one of indie music’s great survivors When Miki Berenyi returned to the music business in 2019 with a new band Piroshka, she was greeted with a huge wave of affection. Berenyi’s band Lush were one of those bands who, even if they didn’t quite have as much success as some of their contemporaries, are still looked fondly upon today. Tracks like Ladykillers and 500 (Shake Baby Shake) somehow seemed to be the missing link between Britpop and Shoegaze, and for a time, you couldn’t open the NME without seeing Berenyi’s unmistakable bright red hair bursting out from between the pages.

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"I never craved the life of a solo artist," wrote Miki Berenyi in her feted memoir of struggle and survival, Fingers Crossed. Tasked with promoting the book through live in-stores and similar, the former Lush singer - latterly of post-Britpop/shoegaze supergroup Piroshka - followed that instinct. With Piroshka becoming increasingly "unviable", she says, due to bandmates' disparate locations and diffuse workload, Berenyi and partner/shoegaze veteran KJ "Moose" McKillop teamed up with prolific polymath Oliver Cherer (Aircooled, Gilroy Mere, Dollboy) to prise open fresh, combined creative pathways. Named the Miki Berenyi Trio (or MB3 for ease of recognition), the band evolved organically.

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