Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
#postpunk #goth #alternative #indie
"Alien" is the second single from PILGRIMS' (formerly Pilgrims of Yearning) upcoming album "Gemini", out on February 13th, 2026. You can pre-order it on their Bandcamp pilgrimsofyearning.bandcamp.com/album/gemini.
Shooting recorded at the Middle East Downstairs in Cambridge MA on September 26th, 2025, opening for She Past Away and Forever Grey.
FOLLOW Pilgrims (Social, music and next shows): https://linktr.ee/pilgrimsbandofficial
Subscribe to their Youtube channel: youtube.com/@PilgrimsBandOfficial
ABOUT PILGRIMS:
Nostalgic and wistful yet expansive in range, PILGRIMS’s unique sound was born in 2018, after Juls and Claudio moved to the United States from Chile. Their sound has been described as "your soundtrack to introspection, lament and disdain", and as an eclectic mix of Post-Punk, Coldwave and Latin American influences. They have previously billed with bands like She Past Away, Kaelan Mikla and Vision Video. Their new album "Gemini", long awaited after their EP Hadal released in 2022, is their most daring work yet, mixing dark genres as effortlessly as they switch between Spanish and English in most of the tracks.
CREDITS:
Song written by Claudio Marcio and Juls Garat and performed by PILGRIMS. Recorded and mixed at Radio100 Studios by Cooper Leardi and mastered at The Cage Studio by Martin Bowes.
Video concept by Claudio Marcio and Juls Garat. Directed by Thomas Pelino and post-produced by Reid Griesbach.
LYRICS:
No voy a disculparme
Porque nací al sur
De una frontera demarcada
A sangre y cruz
Siglo de acero
Supurando decrepitud
Sin poder saciar
Su voracidad sin fin
Este aire gris
Ahoga como una cárcel
Hora tras hora
Día a día
Mes a mes
Hundiendo, consumiendo
El oro brilla allá al norte
Y aquí es morirse
En sombras y estrechez
Lejos me voy
Irme para no asfixiarme
Y una mañana yo
También llegué aquí
Desde el fin del mundo
A Babylon City
These are forsaken lands
Void of my spirit
But I'll keep showing up
Every single morning
Fill out so many forms
"Alien", I check that box
Longing for home,
But I chose to forego
And I'll roam their streets
They won't see my face
Quiet my blaze will roar!
Their prayers are
Fourteen words they whisper
But my heart is built in stone
Takes more than their whims to break it
This air is clearer
But drowns the same
I walk among them
Targeted as a stranger
I got everything
But I've lost it all
Deep in the mirror
Don't recognize myself
But I won't be
A trophy they can parade
Oh, where is home?
Oh, where is home now?
Y esta mañana yo
Sigo luchando aquí
No paro un segundo
En Babylon City
These are forsaken lands
Void of my spirit
But I'll keep showing up
Every single morning
Fill out so many forms
"Alien", I check that box
Longing for home,
But I chose to forego
And I'll roam their streets
They won't see my face
Louder my blaze will roar!
#postpunk #goth #alternative #indie
"Alien" is the second single from PILGRIMS' (formerly Pilgrims of Yearning) upcoming album "Gemini", out on February 13th, 2026. You can pre-order it on their Bandcamp pilgrimsofyearning.bandcamp.com/album/gemini.
Shooting recorded at the Middle East Downstairs in Cambridge MA on September 26th, 2025, opening for She Past Away and Forever Grey.
FOLLOW Pilgrims (Social, music and next shows): https://linktr.ee/pilgrimsbandofficial
Subscribe to their Youtube channel: youtube.com/@PilgrimsBandOfficial
ABOUT PILGRIMS:
Nostalgic and wistful yet expansive in range, PILGRIMS’s unique sound was born in 2018, after Juls and Claudio moved to the United States from Chile. Their sound has been described as "your soundtrack to introspection, lament and disdain", and as an eclectic mix of Post-Punk, Coldwave and Latin American influences. They have previously billed with bands like She Past Away, Kaelan Mikla and Vision Video. Their new album "Gemini", long awaited after their EP Hadal released in 2022, is their most daring work yet, mixing dark genres as effortlessly as they switch between Spanish and English in most of the tracks.
CREDITS:
Song written by Claudio Marcio and Juls Garat and performed by PILGRIMS. Recorded and mixed at Radio100 Studios by Cooper Leardi and mastered at The Cage Studio by Martin Bowes.
Video concept by Claudio Marcio and Juls Garat. Directed by Thomas Pelino and post-produced by Reid Griesbach.
LYRICS:
No voy a disculparme
Porque nací al sur
De una frontera demarcada
A sangre y cruz
Siglo de acero
Supurando decrepitud
Sin poder saciar
Su voracidad sin fin
Este aire gris
Ahoga como una cárcel
Hora tras hora
Día a día
Mes a mes
Hundiendo, consumiendo
El oro brilla allá al norte
Y aquí es morirse
En sombras y estrechez
Lejos me voy
Irme para no asfixiarme
Y una mañana yo
También llegué aquí
Desde el fin del mundo
A Babylon City
These are forsaken lands
Void of my spirit
But I'll keep showing up
Every single morning
Fill out so many forms
"Alien", I check that box
Longing for home,
But I chose to forego
And I'll roam their streets
They won't see my face
Quiet my blaze will roar!
Their prayers are
Fourteen words they whisper
But my heart is built in stone
Takes more than their whims to break it
This air is clearer
But drowns the same
I walk among them
Targeted as a stranger
I got everything
But I've lost it all
Deep in the mirror
Don't recognize myself
But I won't be
A trophy they can parade
Oh, where is home?
Oh, where is home now?
Y esta mañana yo
Sigo luchando aquí
No paro un segundo
En Babylon City
These are forsaken lands
Void of my spirit
But I'll keep showing up
Every single morning
Fill out so many forms
"Alien", I check that box
Longing for home,
But I chose to forego
And I'll roam their streets
They won't see my face
Louder my blaze will roar!
