New Zealand’s Mermaidens have today shared the 2nd track; ‘Millenia’ from their forthcoming album Look Me In The Eye, to be released September 6th on Flying Nun Records. They’ve also announced BIGSOUND sideshows in Brisbane and Mebourne next month!
Riding electric guitar and bass loops in ‘Millennia’, Mermaidens disguise confronting abstractions on modern-day connection and communication in a deceptively upbeat track. “I wanted us to explore the mess of feelings I have around this twisted intersection of social media, identity, privacy, and a warped sense of reality,” co-frontwoman West explains. “The hole of hunger that a social feed leaves in your mind; you should be a better version of yourself, you should be younger and more successful, busier, and you should share all this so everyone knows.” Mermaidens dismantle the idea of ‘exterior masks’ created to exist online, calling falsehood by its name in the chilling line “hallucinations rule your world.”
Their forthcoming LP, Look Me In The Eye is the incarnation of a fresh direction for Mermaidens. Laced with themes of power and control, their evolved sound is confronting, lyrically introspective and fervent at every level. Recorded with long-time collaborator, audio engineer James Goldsmith at Blue Barn Recording Studio, the album sees Mermaidens pushing new boundaries in a body of work that is as severe and progressive as it is vibrant and exhilarating. At the heart of the record lies the thematic exploration of female voices, as co-lead vocalists Gussie Larkin (guitar) and Lily West (bass), with dynamic support from Abe Hollingsworth (drums) expose embedded motifs of exterior masks, human relationships and power dynamics.
Mermaidens are also jumping the ditch to play this year’s BIGSOUND Festival, 3 – 6 September in Brisbane, with an additional show in Brisbane on Friday 6th Sept followed by a show the next day at Melbourne’s Globe Alley. Catch them while you can!
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