Mamalarky - Pocket Fantasy (Cream & Blue Splatter Vinyl)

Mamalarky - Pocket Fantasy (Cream & Blue Splatter Vinyl)Pocket Fantasy, the sophomore album from Mamalarky is an instant classic sunny day record, imaginative and introspective, an enveloping listen of skyhigh hooks and keyboards that soar with joyful abandon. Its twelve kaleidoscopic tracks shapeshift aesthetically and thematically, through ideas about death and impermanence; love and gratitude; nature and technology; humor and hope. Heralded by Billboard, Nylon, The Fader and more, the new album expands

psychedelic tale based on the true story of David Hartley and the Cragg Vale Coiners

” Kempf says

Originally released in 2002

Written in sessions that span several years by singer Jess Viscius as she processed the death of her partner

A member of the Chicago Children’s Choir at a young age

” guitarist John Engle remarked

joy wouldn’t be as bright and elusive as it is

Like Thomas Bangalter locked in This Heat's Cold Storage fridge studio with Special Interest for a weekend

” Howerton says

— produced and mixed by Nate Amos (Water from Your Eyes

I think that process is reflected in the sound and the content

culminating in 2021’s critically acclaimed ‘…’ EP which saw the band draw early cosigns including a remix from Daniel Avery and support slots from Squid