Mayflower Madame Releases New Album ‘Insight’
The album’s four singles from Mayflower Madame, “A Foretold Ecstasy“, “Paint It All in Blue“, “Never Sever” and “Crippled Crow” have garnered much acclaim and extensive radio support, including airtime on BBC 6 Radio.
These tracks only offer a glimpse of what the album delivers—an expansive canvas of pulsating post-punk, shimmering shoegaze, and atmospheric psych-noir, masterfully blended with delicate sonic nuances.
Mixed and mastered by Maurizio Baggio (known for his work with The Soft Moon, Boy Harsher, and The Vacant Lots), ‘Insight’ showcases the band refining their sound into a sharper and more expansive sonic landscape than ever before. This album sees them exploring greater depths and heights, delivering a hypnotic journey through the shadows, filled with haunting melodies and dreamy melancholia. At the same time, it remains catchy and dynamic, with moments of vibrant brightness.
Lyrically, the album is characterized by a relentless search for inner truths and delves into a wide range of emotions, from mournful reflections about loss and longing to feverish depictions of love, escapism and catharsis.
To celebrate the new album release, Mayflower Madame will return to the UK and Europe for a tour in November.
FULL DATES
Sat 2 November – Goldie – Oslo, Norway – Tickets
Wed 13 November – The Moon – Cardiff, UK – Tickets
Thu 14 November – Daltons – Brighton, UK – Tickets
Fri 15 November – The Strongroom Bar – London, UK – Tickets
Sat 16 November – Hot Box, Chelmsford, UK – Tickets
Thu 28 November – Noch Besser Leben – Leipzig, Germany
Fri 29 November – Kulturhaus Insel – Berlin, Germany – Tickets
Sat 30 November – Chmury – Warsaw, Poland
Over the past years, Mayflower Madame have gained a reputation far beyond their hometown of Oslo, Norway. They made their debut with the album ‘Observed in a Dream’ in 2016, which received rave reviews and earned them tours across Europe and North America. 2020’s long-awaited sequel ‘Prepared for a Nightmare’ firmly established their position as one of the continent’s most distinctive bands in the psych-gaze genre, infused with 1980s post-punk and dark romanticism.
The COVID-19 pandemic hit hard just after their sophomore release, making the title eerily appropriate, but in 2022 Mayflower Madame finally returned touring in the UK, France and Eastern Europe. Last year the band focused on writing and recording new music while also releasing a Deluxe Version of ‘Prepared for a Nightmare’ featuring five new bonus tracks.
Mayflower Madame is Trond Fagernes (vocals, guitar, bass) and Ola J. Kyrkjeeide (drums). ‘Insight’ also features contributions from Kenneth Eknes (synth) and Rune Øverby (guitar on track 6, 8 and 9).
PHOTO CREDIT: ASTRID SERCK