Mayflower Madame - New single + video out now - UK/European Tour in November - New album 'Insight' out 1st November
'Crippled Crow' is the final single by Norwegian band Mayflower Madame's much anticipated upcoming album 'Insight', out on 1st November via Night Cult Records/ Up In Her Room/Icy Cold Records.
Compared to the album's previous singles, this newest track expands on their distinctive fusion of edgy post-punk and dreamy shoegaze, incorporating aspects of noise-rock and darkwave. Driven by a driving bass line and dynamic drumming, the song leads you on a captivating journey - from the haunting verse melodies to the intense guitar passages in the choruses, culminating in a powerful ending. It evokes feelings of longing and remorse amidst the wintry streets of Oslo, intertwined with a burning desire for transformation and catharsis.
LISTEN TO 'CRIPPLED CROW' HERE
WATCH 'CRIPPLED CROW' VIDEO HERE
The first three singles, "A Foretold Ecstasy", "Paint It All in Blue" and "Never Sever", have garnered much acclaim and extensive radio support, including airtime on BBC 6 Radio.
Mayflower Madame return to the UK and Europe for a tour in November. Tickets are available here.
FULL DATES
Sat 2 November - Goldie - Oslo, Norway - Tickets
Wed 13 November - The Moon - Cardiff, UK - Tickets
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. They made their debut with the album 'Observed in a Dream' in 2016, which received rave reviews and earned them tours across Europe and North America. 2020's long-awaited sequel 'Prepared for a Nightmare' firmly established their position as one of the continent’s most distinctive bands in the psych-gaze genre, infused with 1980s post-punk and dark romanticism.
The COVID-19 pandemic hit hard just after their sophomore release, making the title eerily appropriate, but in 2022 Mayflower Madame finally returned touring in the UK, France and Eastern Europe. Last year the band focused on writing and recording new music while also releasing a Deluxe Version of 'Prepared for a Nightmare' featuring five new bonus tracks.
Their upcoming album 'Insight' has been mixed and mastered by renowned Italian engineer Maurizio Baggio (The Soft Moon, Boy Harsher, The Vacant Lots) and is promising to be their best release so far. It will be launched on November 1st via Night Cult Records (digital), Up In Her Room (vinyl) and Icy Cold Records (CD). Mayflower Madame is Trond Fagernes (vocals, guitar, bass) and Ola J. Kyrkjeeide (drums). 'Crippled Crow' also features contributions from Kenneth Eknes (synth) and Rune Øverby (guitar).
WATCH 'A FORETOLD ECSTASY' VIDEO HERE
WATCH 'PAINT IT ALL IN BLUE' VIDEO HERE
WATCH 'NEVER SEVER' 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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