We are getting ever closer to the release of Mary In The Junkyard's debut album. Role Model Hermit has already given us "Crash Landing" and "Candelabra," and now the London upstarts have added a fabulous third single called "New Muscles."
There's so much happening in this nifty little song: that clattering auxiliary percussion; those eerie/charming wordless superhero-theme-song vocals; the elegant cello that gives way to propulsive bass; the half-rapped lyrics boasting about "new muscles all over my back." It's somehow whispery and minimal yet huge and direct.
And with director Luke Grieve's video, it's even better. Bandmates Clari Freeman-Taylor and Saya Barbaglia learned Muay Thai for the shoot, and they claim the fight in the video is real. Check it out below.
TOUR DATES:
05/27 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery +
05/29 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery +
05/30 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom +
05/31 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom +
07/02 - Kingston, UK @ Banquet Records *
07/03 - Brighton, UK @ Resident *
07/04 - London, UK @ Rough Trade East *
07/05 - Bristol, UK @ Rough Trade Bristol *
07/06 - Nottingham, UK @ Rough Trade Nottingham*
07/07 - Liverpool, UK @ Rough Trade Liverpool *
07/08 - Leeds, UK @ Vinyl Whistle *
07/09 - Manchester, UK @ HMV Manchester *
07/10 - Glasgow, UK @ Assai Glasgow *
09/22 - Dublin, IRE @ The Grand Social
09/23 - Belfast, NI @ Ulster Sports Club
09/25 - Edinburgh, UK @ Cabaret Voltaire
09/26 - Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
09/27 - Birmingham, UK @ Hare and Hounds
09/29 - Manchester, UK @ Gorilla
09/30 - London, UK @ Heaven
10/01 - Bristol, UK @ Exchange
10/02 - Hitchin, UK @ Club 85
10/05 - Paris, FR @ La Bellevilloise
10/06 - Brussels, BE @ Botanique - The Rotonde
10/07 - Rotterdam, NL @ Rotown
10/08 - Amsterdam, NL @ Bitterzoet
11/02 - Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon
11/04 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
11/06 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
11/07 - Seattle, WA @ Barboza
11/10 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry
11/11 - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
11/13 - Toronto, ON @ The Garrison
11/14 - Montreal, QC @ Petit Campus
11/18 - Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right
11/20 - Washington, DC @ DC9
11/21 - Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMOCA
+ = Co-headline with Dove Ellis
* = In-Store Performance
Role Model Hermit is out 7/3 on AMF.
