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Music News - Mermaidens share live video for 'I Might Disappear'

Mermaidens share live video for 'I Might Disappear'

17 October 2019 - 0 Comments

Rip-roaring three piece Mermaidens return home for New Zealand shows following a mammoth year of touring Europe and Australia in celebration of their new album Look Me In The Eye, released in September on Flying Nun Records. Mermaidens play Auckland this Saturday 19th October for an unmissable set at Whammy Bar, wrapping up with a hometown set at Wellington’s San Fran on Saturday 26th October.

Joining the summer festival fever, Mermaidens are booked to play Laneway Festival on Monday 27 January 2020. See here for more details and ticketing info.

Today the trio share a special live video of fan favourite I Might Disappear, filmed at Wellington’s Worser Bay Surf Life Saving Club. Read the premiere by RNZ Music here.

Speaking about their recent time away, co-frontperson and guitarist Gussie Larkin says:

“This year we've been on two tours to Europe, one to Australia and a few NZ shows in between. It's fair to say we're at one with our tiredness! It was an amazing and refreshing experience taking our music to completely new audiences. There are so many surprises playing overseas and you really can't predict how a certain audience will receive the music. Some of our favourite shows were in Dijon to a few hundred Uni students (French O week is a lot more civilized than NZ!) and at a small festival in Dortmund, Germany. I think playing around New Zealand is going to be extra special this time and we're especially excited to play in Wellington. It's our hometown and there's so many fans who have supported us since the beginning. The Welly scene raised us!"

Remaining shows - Look Me In The Eye NZ Tour:

Auckland - Saturday 19th October, Whammy Bar

Wellington - Saturday 26th October, San Fran

Remaining tickets available at
Undertheradar.co.nz
(AKL) and Undertheradar.co.nz (WEL)

Watch I Might Disappear (LIVE)

Look Me in the Eye sees Mermaidens scale new territory, fearlessly pushing sonic boundaries and producing a body of work as severe and progressive as it is vibrant and exhilarating. At the heart of the record lies the thematic exploration of female voices, as band members Gussie Larkin (co-lead vocals/guitar), Lily West (co-lead vocals/bass) and Abe Hollingsworth (drums) expose motifs of exterior masks, human relationships and power dynamics with unflinching fervour.

The title of the new album is intentional in its double-meaning, as notions of confrontation and intimacy collide to unearth the tangled paradoxes of human connection. The voices and perspectives of both front-women shape the record with equal footing, creating a dialogue around female collaboration and friendship.

Look Me in the Eye was recorded with long time collaborator, audio engineer James Goldsmith at Blue Barn Recording Studio in the trio’s hometown of Wellington. Predominantly writing songs independently and then coming together as a trio to work through arrangements and develop ideas, Mermaidens mobilised their strengths in collaboration to produce a body of music that is every bit as experimental, as it is accessible and uniting.

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