NEW SINGLE ‘A FORETOLD ECSTASY’ OUT NOW
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TAKEN FROM NEW ALBUM, OUT IN THE AUTUMN
Norwegian band Mayflower Madame return with ‘A Foretold Ecstasy‘, the first single from their upcoming highly anticipated third album.
The song sees the band refining their signature blend of post-punk, shoegaze and psychedelia into a sharper soundscape distinguished by a pulsating, forceful rhythm section, atmospheric synths and reverb-drenched guitars that stab and shine. Mayflower Madame lead singer and songwriter Trond Fagernes explains it’s about “constantly chasing some elation or intoxicating sensation to relieve one’s inner turmoil, while still being aware that it’s just a passing state followed by an inevitable downfall”. The result is an enigmatic, alluring song with big choruses, that feels uplifting and gloomy simultaneously.
LISTEN TO ‘A FORETOLD ECSTASY’ HERE
Directed by the band’s long-time visual collaborator Astrid Serck, the accompanying video builds further upon the song’s powerful, vibrating rhythm and the feelings of emotional tension, longing and escapism.
WATCH ‘A FORETOLD ECSTASY’ VIDEO HERE
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 CD via Icy Cold Records (France) and on vinyl via Only Lovers Records (France) and Up In Her Room (UK). The album is due for release in the Autumn.
Mayflower Madame is Trond Fagernes (vocals, guitar, bass) and Ola J. Kyrkjeeide (drums). On studio recordings, they are joined by Kenneth Eknes (synths).
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
PHOTO CREDIT: MIRIAM BRENNE