Pickle Darling (Lukas Mayo they/them) shares their synthy new single “Invercargill Angel“, which premiered just hours ago by U.S. magazine FLOOD Magazine. The latest single is accompanied by a celestial video directed by Aimee Cooki Martin. On the track, Mayo offers: “This was one of the last songs I wrote
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Ōtautahi/Christchurch songwriter Pickle Darling (Lukas Mayo) announces with their most intricate and lovingly chaotic work yet – Battlebots, out September 5 via US indie label Father/Daughter Records. The latest single ‘Violence Voyager’ taken from the album, is built on chiming loops and disarming
“With witty lyricism and an alluring bedroom pop complex present, the tracks
“The sort of sunny pop music ‘The Beach Boys’ musical genius Brian
Following the release of their fourth album, Ōtautahi’s own Pickle Darling reemerges with crumple zones, a companion EP that reimagines and expands the sonic world of Bots. Following a track record of acclaim — from 2023’s Laundromat,
Pickle Darling‘s new album, Bots, finds project mastermind Lukas Mayo ruminating on adulthood. Recently released via Father/Daughter Records, the album explores how broken things can feel complete. It’s fitting that these eight maximalist songs almost
Pickle Darling‘s new album, Bots, finds project mastermind Lukas Mayo ruminating on adulthood. Out this Friday, September 5th via Father/Daughter Records, the album explores how broken things can feel complete. It’s fitting that
Pickle Darling shares a final single ‘Congratulations Champion‘ and re-announces their new album Bots (previously Battlebots) out 5th September via Father/Daughter Records. Lukas Mayo, the artist behind Pickle Darling, has always thrived in the margins, favouring quiet devotion
Ōtautahi/Christchurch songwriter Pickle Darling (Lukas Mayo) announces with their most intricate and lovingly chaotic work yet – Battlebots, out September 5 via US indie label Father/Daughter Records. The latest single ‘Violence Voyager’ taken from the album, is built on chiming loops and disarming
There are songs that sound like they were built in the light, and then there are songs like ‘Human Bean Instruction Manual’, the kind that feel like they’ve been carefully gathered from
There’s always been something ineffably tender about Pickle Darling’s music – an off-kilter ache, a half-buried memory, a melody that insists on being felt before it can be understood. With ‘Massive Everything,’ their
In a playful and innovative celebration of indie music and digital creativity, Ōtautahi Christchurch-based musician Pickle Darling (Lukas Mayo) has teamed up with visual artist Christiane Shortal to release Pickle Darling: The Game, an immersive online
Aotearoa/New Zealand singer-songwriter Lukas Mayo, also known as Pickle Darling shares the title track “Laundromat,” which finds echoes of bittersweet emo and power-pop peeking through their folk formula. It’s accompanied by a colourful, cartoony
Pickle Darling (Lukas Mayo they/them) shares their synthy new single “Invercargill Angel“, which premiered just hours ago by U.S. magazine FLOOD Magazine. The latest single is accompanied by a celestial video directed