Release: PLASTIC MERMAIDS - SUDDENLY EVERYONE EXPLODES

PLASTIC MERMAIDS - SUDDENLY EVERYONE EXPLODES
(Sunday Best)
Release date: Friday, May 24th 2019
Bertus Distributie

Plastic Mermaids are a five-piece band from the Isle of Wight who, after building their own analogue studio, have self-produced one of the most genuinely original and sonically adventurous debut albums you’ll hear all year: ‘Suddenly Everyone Explodes’. In terms of musical influences, fans of The Flaming Lips, Arcade Fire, Sparklehorse and Tame Impala will all find something to love in Plastic Mermaids richly-textured sound.

 
The Flaming Lips’ influence is also evident in their ecstatic live show which has manifested itself into the sparkly-gold-cape-clad choir that has recently been accompanying Plastic Mermaids on tour and  a mannequin covered in mirror ball tiles who is often suspended above their stage set. 

The band all spend a lot of their time in nature - particularly off the coast of their native island. “We all surf quite a lot,” says Jamie. “We’ve represented the Isle of Wight. It’s an influence on our music, in a way, because you’re spending a lot of time sat out in the sea, when it’s freezing cold, and sitting there in the sea, you’ve got a lot of time with yourself to think. I think surfing is more of an influence than anything else on me.”

Tracklist

1. Glow 01:35

2. 1996 04:44

3. Floating In A Vacuum 04:23

4. Ten Thousand Violins Playing Inside an Otherwise Empty Head 04:23

5. Milk 04:32

6. Yoyo 06:48

7. I Still Like Kelis 03:29

8. Unhappy Tamagotchi 00:28

9. Throwing Stones at the Moon 03:59

10. Aquarium Acid Trip 01:32

11. Ooh 04:33

12. Taxonomy 04:16

13. Luliuli 05:07

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