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Track of the Day: Mouses – Hollywood

• 7th Jul 2016

Billingham, Teesside-based duo Mouses have just announced the release of their debut full length LP The Mouses Album on 23rd September 2016 via Sister 9 Recordings / Cargo.

After building a fierce reputation off the back of two DIY EPs, the lo-fi garage rock twosome have just dropped a video for their new single ‘Hollywood’ which is set for release on 29th July – watch the video below.

Commenting on the track, Bardgett explains: “Hollywood is about the very nature of fame and the issues that come with chasing it. There’s a lot of references to the film Sunset Boulevard in the lyrics as I can remember watching that film for the first time and being blown away by how relevant it still is. How the desire to be famous can destroy a person. Hollywood is about treating fame as a poison, a drug – the more glimpses of it you get, the more you want – and the idea that people will do anything to be famous. That terrifies me.”

A short, sharp, sub-2-minute blast of distorted punk-rock, ‘Hollywood’ is the perfect follow up to their debut single ‘Poison’, combining the infectious melodies of an early Weezer, the lo-fi fuzz of Ty Segall and surrealist lyrics that call to mind Stephen Malkmus at his very weirdest – it’s another brilliantly quirky and abrasive slice of garage pop from the duo.

2016 TOUR DATES:

Jul 03 – Darlington Forum – Darlington
Jul 08 – Brudenell Social Club – Leeds (w/ NARCS)
Jul 09 – Volkspower Festival – Redcar
Jul 14 – 42nd Street – Whitley Bay (w/The Froot ’67)
Jul 22 – The Castle Hotel – Manchester
Jul 29 – House of Blah Blah – Middlesbrough (Hollywood Single Launch)
Aug 05 – O’Rileys – Hull (w/Cannibal Animal)