Hello Mary – “Hello Mary” (Released 31st March 2023)

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//Frenchkiss Records//

£18.99 – 1xLP, Limited Edition Baby Blue Coloured Vinyl

£18.99 – 1xLP, Standard Edition Vinyl

Hello Mary – which was produced by Bryce Goggin (Pavement / Luna) – references alternative rock of the nineties alongside Elliot Smith and Jeff Buckley as influences, heard most vividly on the album’s simmering closer “Burn it Out,” but their contemporaries are bands like Palberta, Spirit of the Beehive, and Palehound, artists who don’t shy from unusual time signatures, careening feedback, and unconventional harmonies, all for the sake of surprising a listener. The album’s “Looking Right Into the Sun,” a song most honestly described as “delightful,” is driven by a tight and dynamic rhythm section that gives way to Straight’s crystalline and confident falsetto.

Tracklisting:

Stinge
Looking right into the sun
Rabbit
Droopy eyes
Evicted
Comfort
Sink in
Spiral
Special treat
Burn it out