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 softness. Its video, directed by Christiane Shortal, stretches that feeling into something dreamlike and surreal. Mayo describes it as “a low
Read MoreFollowing 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
Ōtautahi/Christchurch artist & producer Pickle Darling (Lukas Mayo) announces their new album Laundromat, out June 16, 2023 on U.S. label Father/Daughter Records. In addition to the announcement, listen to their vulnerable lo-fi
Aotearoa/New Zealand “Bedroom-Pop” composer, multi-instrumentalist, Lukas Mayo aka Pickle Darling returns with their sophomore album, Cosmonaut (out May 21st on ZTapes) and shares two songs, ‘Rosary’ and ‘A Deep Breath’. ‘Rosary’ –