02 March 2023 - 0 Comments

Divine Physics, the first single from Proteins of Magic’s (Nashville/NZ) forthcoming EP Angel Hieroglyphics sees Kelly Sherrod move from the cyber to the organic. Moments of synths anchor a spare voice and a piano. There’s darkness in it, heartache and loneliness. But confidence, too, of a multi-disciplinary artist wielding a wide range of genre and styles under her Proteins of Magic banner.

The beginning of Divine Physics came from time in the depths of a haunting. Sherrod sat at the piano, frustrated to find a way to the skeleton of a new idea which couldn’t quite be reached. But frustration turned out to be the key, palpable, and driving into the core of the song like a collision in slow-motion.

“I started peeling away under the moss in my brain pieces of where I wanted to be.” Kelly says, “Through that struggle it felt like a divine moment when I wrote the first section of the song. It was like something telling me what to do to have access to my new world. It’s the first song where I felt like this was really me.”

Divine Physics is the result of mass experimentation, from Proteins of Magic’s 2021 self titled album, to the 2022 live improvisational series Wishing Well, and single Lethal which reached Number 1 in the NZ Radioscope Alternative Charts, Number 1in the SRN Top 10, and Number 2on the bFM Top 10.

Taking Divine Physics to the stage in Aotearoa in February and March, and dressed by fashion house Zambesi, Proteins of Magic will be performing at 5 date headline tour across the North and South Island.

17 February @ The Space Academy, Christchurch
w/ support from violinist and composer Motte

18 February @ Meow, Wellington
w/ support from Heleyni

25 February @ Dive Bar, Dunedin
w/ support from Mads Harrop

2 March @ Paisley Stage, Napier
w/ support from Dos-Ovni

4 March @ Lot23, Auckland
w/ support from hardware-based experimental artist Dream Chambers

She will also be performing at Splore, Cross St Festival and Cuba Dupa.

Catching Sherrod in the transition between touring Aotearoa, and heading out on tour to support William Crighton across the UK, Divine Physics sits in the space above the clouds, ready to pour into our world.

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