Mousey has just released the music video for Dog Park, filmed at darkroom in Ōtautahi during the tour for her third album The Dreams of Our Mothers’ Mothers!. The video centres on two young friends who stumble upon Mousey’s live show while running around town on a night out with a handheld camera. The grainy, distorted aesthetic of the VHS video mirrors the industrial tone and dark, brooding instrumentation of Dog Park as they stumble around town and recording their antics.
The Dog Park music video is the final bookend for Mousey’s third album The Dreams of Our Mothers’ Mothers! released on Winegum Records in October 2024. A tonal shift from her past material, Mousey’s prowess as a songwriter and creative is on full display with and album spanning from minimalist to cinematic in her most recent effort. Dog Park reached #2 on the Alternative Airplay charts, while the album charted at #11 on the Official Aotearoa Music Charts and #15 on Rolling Stone Australia’s Top 50 Albums list for 2024.
The Dog Park music video is out now online. The Dreams of Our Mothers’ Mothers! is available on all streaming platforms, and vinyl can be found from Bandcamp or at your favourite local Aotearoa record store.
Mousey’s music is emotional and cathartic. A songwriter first and foremost, there’s a captivating depth to her music, delivered with unrivalled sincerity and skill.
Emerging in the later part of the last decade with deft songcraft and a sound all her own, Mousey writes songs from the heart in true earnest fashion. Wading in a pool of warm instrumentation, tight band-arrangements and striking vocal performances, her sophomore album MY FRIENDS earned high alternative and student radio praise and a No. 10 placing in Aotearoa’s album charts, cementing Mousey as a fixture of Aotearoa New Zealand’s heavy-hitting songwriter selection.
As a live act, Mousey’s performances are characterised by her faultless vocals, her multi instrumental musicianship and raw emotional energy. After multiple national tours, festival appearances and a string of support slots (with the likes of The Beths, The Chills, Reb Fountain and Princess Chelsea) Mousey is set to continue her own brand of raw, hook heavy indie sounds further into this decade.
“Effortlessly creative without being contrarian, and immediately accessible without being shallow.” - Rolling Stone Australia
“…brutally bleak, darkly funny and hantingly beautiful - often in the space of one song.” - Chris Schulz (Boiler Room)
“Spine-tingling, folk-inflected vocal powers and sophisticated instrumental arrangements — sounding absolutely gigantic or disarmingly tender as the occasion calls.” - Under the Radar
“Writes the kind of songs that feel instantly familiar.” - Tony Stamp (RNZ)