15 June 2023
Band: MAYFLOWER MADAME
Who: Collective from Norway known for its signature mesh of post-punk, dark
psychedelia, shoegaze and indie rock. For fans of The Soft Moon, Joy Division, Black
Rebel Motorcycle Club, Jesus & Mary Chain, Psychic Ills, Black Angels and The Velvet Underground
Album: PREPARED FOR A NIGHTMARE – Deluxe Edition
This is the band’s 2nd longplayer released in 2022
and now back with 5 new tracks.
MM about deluxe edition: “Making the final choice of songs for an album is always difficult. These are the five songs that didn’t make the cut for the original version of “Prepared for a Nightmare”, not because they were weaker, but because they didn’t quite fit in. However, all of them were considered too good to remain unreleased and together they turned out to be a very suitable epilogue to the album – a dynamic set of songs conceived in a nightly tinted emotional fever.”
Photo by Tim Harris
The 5 added tracks.
– DIVE –
An 8-minute-long onslaught of vehement
psych-kraut-punk recorded in a live studio session
– DRESDEN –
“The sound of an intoxicating city night where a chance encounter
changes your life forever. Psych-wave meets dream-pop, all swathed
in smoke-laden atmospherics and nocturnal romanticism.”
DARK STREETS UNTOLD
“A pulsating post-punkish venture”.
– DOWN (AGAIN) –
“Sweeping shoegaze.”
– END TIMES –
“A brooding blow-out”
TUTV: The 5 added songs complete the original 10-track LP seamlessly. They have a perfectly fitting doom and gloom plangency. Lyrically, not always a happy experience, echoing the shadowy stories of the other 10 songs. But, hey, even in our darkest hours we need a soundtrack that resonates like an understanding companion that has the sensitive strength to comfort all confused states of mind in 2023. File next to your The Cure, Interpol and Black Angels albums.
The brand-new video for lead single Dresden of this new edition.
PREPARE YOURSELF FOR A DELUXE NIGHTMARE.
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