“A just reward for a musician who’s been on the cusp of a big breakthrough for several years now.”
- ROLLING STONE AU/NZ
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- FLOOD MAGAZINE
“Pickle Darling looks to the sky, exploring outer space and elevating their songwriting prowess with a rounded-out sound and lyrics that combine specific moments with broader existential feelings.”
- BANDCAMP DAILY
“Soothing and lyrically beautiful like Lomelda’s or Tomberlin’s ballads, with a nice lo-fi twinkle and alluring harmonies courtesy of Marcus Burton.”
- STEREOGUM
"Teems with an infectious melancholy; curly synths and bittersweet melodies sing along with the tune and guitar, the result short but very, very sweet and leaving us eager to hear more." - FLYING NUN
Today, 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 for the album. I came up with the kind of repeating mantra bit on a long drive and just sang it in my head for an hour so I wouldn’t forget it. It came together reasonably quickly, maybe the quickest song on the album to write! As for the video, uh me and my friends got some burgers and went to hang out on the beach to celebrate the album being finished, and I have no memory of what went down but luckily my friends captured it all on film…”
Last month the Ōtautahi/Christchurch artist & producer Pickle Darling announced their new album and shared their vulnerable lo-fi pop celebration,"Head Terrarium", accompanied by an abnormally delightful video, directed byMartin Sagadin(Aldous Harding, Marlon Williams, Nadia Reid, Soaked Oats).
Preempting the album announcement was the release of the first single,King of Joy,as their signing to U.S. label, Father/Daughter Records was made official and Lukasjetted off one music industry’s largest festival events SXSW held in Austin, Texas toperform at his new label’s showcase.