mary in the junkyard - "Candelabra"

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Photo by Daisy & Tomos Ayscough

"Candelabra," the latest release from mary in the junkyard, is a quiet and contemplative acoustic track written by Clari Freeman-Taylor when she was seventeen. It's much more stripped down than what we're used to from the indie rock trio, and is painfully quiet. At times Freeman-Taylor's vocals are sung, other times they are spoken, and others it's barely more than a whisper. Maybe it's because of what we're used to from mary in the junkyard, but I kept expecting the song to explode into a crescendo of noise or at least louder rock... but it never does. When a song is as fantastic and engaging as "Candelabra" is, you certainly won't miss any volume.

Clari Freeman-Taylor says of the band's latest single:

“‘Candelabra’ was written many years ago, it was one of my first sad songs...it has all of my teenage angst written into it.”

You can listen to "Candelabra" below. Role Model Hermit is due out July 3 on AMF Records, and is available for pre-order here. For more on mary in the junkyard, check out the band on Instagram. Upcoming tour dates are below the song.


Wed. May 27 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Sun. May 31 - New York City, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
Thu. July 2 - Kingston, UK @ Banquet Records *
Fri. July 3 - Brighton, UK @ Resident *
Sat. July 4 - London, UK @ Rough Trade East *
Sun. July 5 - Bristol, UK @ Rough Trade Bristol *
Mon. July 6 - Nottingham, UK @ Rough Trade Nottingham*
Tue. July 7 - Liverpool, UK @ Rough Trade Liverpool *
Wed. July 8 - Leeds, UK @ Vinyl Whistle *
Thu. July 9 - Manchester, UK @ HMV Manchester *
Fri. July 10 - Glasgow, UK @ Assai Glasgow *

* In-Store Performance

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