Track: Madonnatron – Mermaids / Ich Liebe Dich, plus UK tour news

Following their rather brilliant eponymously-titled debut album, Madonnatron have kept themselves busy, recording a new single ‘Mermaids’, backed by ‘Ich Liebe Dich’ out on Trashmouth Records on 11th May. Not that they’ve had much time on their hands – they’ve squeezed touring with The Moonlandingz, PINS & supporting The Black Lips; featuring on the line up at UK festivals, including a packed out slot on the Rising Stage at Green Man; two live sessions for Marc Riley on BBC6Music; a live session for John Kennedy, plus a John Kennedy Artist In Residence slot  on Radio X; touring with Trashmouth Records and label mates Meatraffle across the UK at the end of 2016, and releasing their album in July 2017 into a very short period of time.

Mermaids is this slacker post-punk anthem, sighing Siouxsie like vocals alongside edgey, Cramps like guitars,draped in echo but with more than enough (angst ridden) melody and intrigue to keep you hooked from start to finish. On the flip Ich Liebe Dich (I love you) is a reworking of Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg’s Je T’aime, only the lounge has been stripped away, replaced with this slightly insistant warbling guitar line, and plenty of tongues in cheeks.

Check it out, here