Today marks the release of the sophomore Mousey album. It’s called My Friends, and I’ve quickly become infatuated with it.
Mousey hail from Ōtautahi (Christchurch, New Zealand). Front and center in the band is the powerhouse that is Sarena Close. She has an amazing voice that has a touch of Tracyanne Campbell (Camera Obscura). The indie pop of Mousey on My friends is sophisticated and diverse, sometimes punchy and catchy, and sometimes hushed and subtle. If I had to compare it, like a more extraverted version of Big Thief perhaps?
The song that drew me into this record is One Dollar Wednesdays, a heartfelt song Close wrote for her husband. It’s an instant classic and may well end up as one of my favorite songs of the year. Other standouts for me are The Bench and Wait For Me, which are all in the strong first half of the record. The second half is more subdued.
All in all, a strong second album by Mousey filled with gorgeous sophisticated yet accessible pop songs. Out now on Christchurch label Winegum Records.
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