The Chicago trio takes inspiration from the dimly-lit stages they dominate from their forthcoming sophomore album ARENA (Feeltrip Records), out later this year. With a distinct pulse to their music exploring Avant pop, EBM, and minimal wave, their new single “Pursuit” is a taste of the pounding dance rhythms the trio creates.

“Being in an audience of freaks, queers, fetish people, all in the same room sweating together, and we all knew our purpose, and we were manic and arrogant,” Pixel Grip vocalist Rita Lukea says. Lukea gives some background on the meaning of the new single stating, “‘Pursuit’ distills a very specific feeling to me: the feeling of surrendering power, the feeling of having your love chewed up and spit out, the feeling of getting toyed with. Sometimes love isn’t empowering; in fact it can be humiliating and disabling. The only way I can take my power back is to pretend like it’s my decision. This song is designed to be screamed along with by an audience who understands the pain.”