Flying Nun Records Music News — Mermaidens

Mermaidens reveal a cyberpunk dreamscape in the new video for their single ‘Bastards’. Watch the official video here, directed by Ryan Fielding, a New Zealand born director currently based in London.  Starring actor and dancer Micah Barnes, the video follows her through a futuristic London cityscape, where she is pursued by bizarre flesh-eating humans. “I originally pitched the band - ‘A textural neon-soaked fever dream’”, says director Ryan Fielding, “I was excited to tap into the mood of the song and the interweaving melodies, experimenting with dualities in terms of characters, tone, and textures.” Shot entirely on 16mm film using...

Mermaidens reveal a second track off their highly anticipated new release Look Me in the Eye, out September 6. Riding electric guitar and bass loops in ‘Millennia’, Mermaidens disguise confronting abstractions on modern-day connection and communication in a deceptively upbeat track. Mermaidens dismantle the idea of ‘exterior masks’ created to exist online, calling falsehood by its name in the chilling line “hallucinations rule your world.” “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 Lily West explains. “The hole of hunger that a social feed leaves in your mind; you should be a...