Mayflower Madame - New single + video out now - UK/European dates announced - New album 'Insight' out 1st November
'Never Sever' is the third single from Norwegian band Mayflower Madame’s eagerly awaited album 'Insight', set to release on November 1st.
While their previous singles, 'A Foretold Ecstasy' and 'Paint It All in Blue' refined their signature blend of post-punk, shoegaze and psychedelia, this new track reveals the band's more direct and energetic side. Their sound is still spun with alluring dark textures but is now profoundly interwoven with rays of light and a bittersweet melancholy.
Additionally, the track introduces a touch of rock‘n’roll swagger in the verses seamlessly merging with dream-pop elements in the choruses, making 'Never Sever' one of their most accessible songs to date. Lyrically, the song captures a nostalgic feeling of being unable to reclaim—or unwilling to let go of—a haunting past.
LISTEN TO 'NEVER SEVER' HERE
WATCH 'NEVER SEVER' VIDEOHERE
Mayflower Madame have announced they will be returning to the UK and Europe for a tour this Autumn. Tickets are available here.
FULL DATES
Sat 5 October - Return To The Batcave Festival - Wroclaw, Poland - Tickets
Sat 2 November - Goldie - Oslo, Norway - Tickets
Wed 13 November - The Moon - Cardiff, UK
Thu 14 November - Daltons - Brighton, UK - Tickets
Fri 15 November - The Strongroom Bar - London, UK - Tickets
Sat 16 November - Hot Box, Chelmsford, UK - Tickets
Thu 28 November - Noch Besser Leben - Leipzig, Germany
Fri 29 November - Kulturhaus Insel - Berlin, Germany - Tickets
Sat 30 November - Chmury - Warsaw, Poland
Over the past years, Mayflower Madame have gained a reputation far beyond their hometown of Oslo, Norway. Following the release of their debut album 'Observed in a Dream' in 2016, which received rave reviews and earned them tours across Europe and North America, their 2020 sophomore album 'Prepared for a Nightmare' firmly established their position as one of the continent’s leading purveyors of cinematic psych-gaze swathed in 1980s dark romanticism.
In 2022, the band returned to touring the UK and Europe, while last year it focused on writing and recording new music and releasing a Deluxe Version of Prepared for a Nightmare containing 5 new bonus tracks.
Their upcoming album has been mixed and mastered by renowned Italian engineer Maurizio Baggio (The Soft Moon, Boy Harsher, The Vacant Lots). It will be released digitally via their label Night Cult Records (Norway), on vinyl via Up In Her Room (UK) and on CD via Icy Cold Records (France).
Mayflower Madame is Trond Fagernes (vocals, guitar, bass) and Ola J. Kyrkjeeide (drums). On studio recordings, they are joined by Kenneth Eknes (synths).
WATCH 'A FORETOLD ECSTASY' VIDEO HERE
WATCH 'PAINT IT ALL IN BLUE' VIDEO HERE
PREVIOUS PRAISE FOR MAYFLOWER MADAME
"Mayflower Madame adorn black hearts on the sleeves of their leather jackets with a sense of pride, and so they should" Under The Radar Magazine
"The love child of post-punk and neo-psychedelia" Classic Rock Magazine
"Wildly addictive mix of post-punk, shoegaze and psychedelia. Utterly superb" Louder Than War
"Mayflower Madame makes gorgeously dissonant and urgent post-punk that seamlessly blends with shoegaze to unfurl layer upon layer of gauzy sonics over your ice-cold eardrums" CVLT Nation
"Their sneering vocals and wickedly distorted guitar riffs are pure Jesus & Mary Chain, the ominous, echo-drenched atmospherics recall Sisters of Mercy, and the overall and very palpable sense of fear and dread harken back to Faith-era Robert Smith" BlackBook
"Deeply atmospheric psychedelia" Clash
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