Mannequin Pussy release a mind bending video for their new single ‘Nothing Like’. On the yearning song, which is anchored by a dancey, shuffling drumbeat 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 all this down?“. The video was generated using AI by director Connor Clarke.
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 met it’s final form last year. Young love is so often all consuming, dangerous and heightened to mythological proportions – ‘Nothing Like’ sort to mix the balance of both the light feelings of new love and the absolute depths that obsession can bring you to.”
Early Praise for I Got Heaven:
“When the song’s abrasive verses yield to a sugary power-pop chorus, it’s akin to pressing your face against the air conditioner during a heat wave. That change-up from cathartic punk to dopamine-inducing power-pop is like Dabice reversing the compass from hell to salvation.” -Pitchfork, Best New Track
“Incorporates synths into their sound while sticking firmly to their punk roots… Acts like Mannequin Pussy prove there are still plenty of vital new ideas to be found.” -Rolling Stone
“Grueling and gorgeous” -NPR
“Mannequin Pussy are firing on all cylinders here; the swirl of abrasive sweetness that has characterized this band from the start has rarely sounded better.” -Stereogum, Best Song of the Week
“More modern punk should be this genuinely provocative” -Brooklyn Vegan
“An intimate look into what they have in store: and it’s near perfect. The Philly rockers take you from heaven to hell and then back again, with swirling synths giving way to abrasive, punky distortion”
-Paste
“Chock full of classic punk spirit. It’s got all the power and vinegar you could ever want” -Guitar World
“An absolute rager, with Dabice grappling with ideas of purity and Christian Salvation over pummelling verses that bloom into a gorgeous shoegazy chorus.” -Exclaim!
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.
Mannequin Pussy is Colins “Bear” Regisford, Kaleen Reading, Maxine Steen and Marisa Dabice.
- I Got Heaven
- Loud Bark
- Nothing Like
- I Don’t Know You
- Sometimes
- OK? OK! OK? OK!
- Tell Me Softly
- Of Her
- Aching
- Split Me Open
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