Fresh off the announcement of their 2024 farewell tour, Porno for Pyros have released their first new song in 26 years. Titled "Agua," the single features the band's original lineup of Perry Farrell, Stephen Perkins, Peter DiStefano and Martyn LeNoble.
Stream it above via YouTube.
For "Agua," Porno for Pyros are partnering with the Surfrider Foundation to advocate for protecting the oceans and the coasts.
"We wrote the song… I think we were in Tahiti," Farrell told Revolver of the single. "The same island where "Tahitian Moon" [from Good God's Urge] was written. And "Agua" is a really fun song.
"Have you ever noticed how dolphins always have that smile on their faces? And whenever you get a chance to see a dolphin, it's always like a treat. It's like they're allowing you to see them. Sometimes they'll come into the lineup when you're surfing and they'll surf with you, and then they'll take off. But you're never mad at them for leaving. I like the way they smile and swim away. So I started to write about the playfulness of the water and how if dolphins were your neighbors in the water, they're kind of cool neighbors in the way they can smile in the morning and then just swim away. So that started out pretty simply.
"And then fast-forward to now, where the band's back together, and when we finally got a chance to record the song, and the ocean is now filthy and it's full of toxic waste. It's being dumped in from nuclear power plants, and filled with oil spills and plastic bottles. I never thought I would see so much garbage and lack of regard for the water. And on top of all that, clean water's becoming scarce on the earth, and it's filled with microscopic bits of plastic that's even in the algae. And then it goes into bigger animals. I mean, this past summer, there were seals on the beaches of the West Coast, they would show up, hundreds of 'em, sick and dying. And I've felt this need inside to do something about it, so I would love to tie the song in with a water company and then look to do things like help clear the plastics out of the ocean, or help with drilling wells for clean water sources or getting filtration systems to people globally. Hopefully the song can take on a power and a purpose."
Porno for Pyros' farewell tour is set to kick off February 13th in Santa Ana, California, at the Observatory Orange County. Check out the full itinerary below.
Porno for Pyros "Horns, Thorns En Halos" Farewell tour dates:
Tue Feb 13 – Santa Ana, CA – Observatory Orange County
Thu Feb 15 – San Diego, CA – Observatory San Diego
Sat Feb 17 – Ventura, CA – Ventura Theater
Sun Feb 18 – Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco
Wed Feb 21 – Aspen, CO – Belly Up Aspen
Thu Feb 22 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
Sat Feb 24 –- Omaha, NE – Astro Theatre*
Mon Feb 26 – Chicago, IL – Salt Shed*
Tue Feb 27 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit
Thu Feb 29 – Toronto, ON – HISTORY
Sat Mar 02 – Philadelphia, PA – Parx Casino
Sun Mar 03 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore Silver Spring
Tue Mar 05 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway
Thu Mar 07 – Port Chester, NY – The Capitol Theatre
Fri Mar 08 – New York, NY – Manhattan Center Hammerstein Ballroom
Sun Mar 10 – Montclair, NJ – The Wellmont Theater
