22 Mar 2016

Interview: Mermaidens

8:16 am on 22 March 2016

Mermaidens chat to Emma Smith about their just-released debut album, Undergrowth.

 

Lily West and Gussie Larken of Mermaidens.

Lily West and Gussie Larken of Mermaidens. Photo: Supplied

Wellington trio Mermaidens - guitarist and vocalist Gussie Larkin, bassist and vocalist Lily West and drummer Abe Hollingsworth - have just released their debut album Undergrowth.

Inspired by the music of PJ Harvey and Patti Smith, Warpaint, The Mint Chicks and So So Modern, it's an album of soaring melodies and crushing discordance.

Lily and Gussie joined RNZ Music's Emma Smith to get under the hood of this moody new release.