Mannequin Pussy today release a mind-bending video for their new single ‘Nothing Like’ On the yearning song, which is anchored by a dancey, shuffling drum beat from Kaleen Reading, Marisa Dabice’s voice eventually morphs from a coo to a roar as she sings, “Oh what’s wrong with dreaming of burning this all down?” The video was generated using AI by director Connor Clarke. The band also today announce an extensive run of UK/EU dates (see below).
Of the song, Dabice says “‘Nothing Like’ is pure fantasy. Originally inspired by a stoned out night 6 years ago spent watching an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in which Buffy is forced to kill her lover, Angel, before he destroys the world. The song existed in fragments until it finally met its final form last year. Young love is so often all consuming, dangerous, and heightened to mythological proportions – ‘Nothing Like’ sought to mix the balance of both the light feelings of new love and the absolute depths that obsession can bring you to.”
I Got Heaven, due March 1st on Epitaph Records, is the band’s most fully realized LP yet. Over 10 ambitious tracks that abruptly turn from searing punk to inviting pop, the album is deeply concerned with desire, the power in being alone, and how to live in an unfeeling and unkind world. “There’s just so much constantly going on that feels intentionally evil that trying to make something beautiful feels like a radical act ,” says Dabice. “The ethos of this band has always been to bring people together.”
I Got Heaven, an album filled with cathartic tunes about despairing times, is a document of a band doubling down on their unshakable bond to make something furious, thrilling, and wholly alive.
Album track list:
1. I Got Heaven
2. Loud Bark
3. Nothing Like
4. I Don’t Know You
5. Sometimes
6. OK? OK! OK? OK!
7. Tell Me Softly
8. Of Her
9. Aching
10. Split Me Open
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Photo credit – Millicent Hailes