New Zealand’s Mermaidens have today shared the 2nd track; ‘Millenia’ from their forthcoming album Look Me In The Eye, to be released September 6th on Flying Nun Records. They’ve also announced BIGSOUND sideshows in Brisbane and Mebourne next month!

Riding electric guitar and bass loops in ‘Millennia’, Mermaidens disguise confronting abstractions on modern-day connection and communication in a deceptively upbeat track. “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 West explains. “The hole of hunger that a social feed leaves in your mind; you should be a better version of yourself, you should be younger and more successful, busier, and you should share all this so everyone knows.” Mermaidens dismantle the idea of ‘exterior masks’ created to exist online, calling falsehood by its name in the chilling line “hallucinations rule your world.”

Their forthcoming LP, Look Me In The Eye is the incarnation of a fresh direction for Mermaidens. Laced with themes of power and control, their evolved sound is confronting, lyrically introspective and fervent at every level. Recorded with long-time collaborator, audio engineer James Goldsmith at Blue Barn Recording Studio