mary in the junkyard - "New Muscles"

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The latest from mary in the junkyard sees the trio moving in a new musical direction while still sounding like themselves. "New Muscles" is a hypnotic track focused on vocal harmonies and percussion. It's like a psychedelic version of alt-pop-rock. The song is relatively stripped down and feels quite raw. Saya Barbaglia's viola and/or violin truly has a chance to shine in the song, and the song will lull you despite its quiet intensity. It may feel like mary in the junkyard have been morphing and playing with their sound quite a bit in the past two years, but not as much as they are in "New Muscles." Their upcoming album is promising to be an interesting one.

mary in the junkyard say of their latest single:

"’New Muscles’ was originally composed on the accordion, we wrote it about [drummer] David joining a gym."

You can watch the video for "New Muscles" below. Role Model Hermit is due out July 3 on AMF Records, and is available to pre-order here. For more on mary in the junkyard, check out the band's website. Upcoming tour dates are below the video.


Wed. May 27 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery +
Thu. May 29 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery +
Sat. May 30 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom +
Sun. May 31 - New York, 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 *
Tue. Sept. 22 - Dublin, IRE @ The Grand Social
Wed. Sept. 23 - Belfast, NI @ Ulster Sports Club
Fri. Sept. 25 - Edinburgh, UK @ Cabaret Voltaire
Sat. Sept. 26 - Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
Sun. Sept. 27 - Birmingham, UK @ Hare and Hounds
Tue. Sept. 29 - Manchester, UK @ Gorilla
Wed. Sept. 30 - London, UK @ Heaven
Thu. Oct. 1 - Bristol, UK @ Exchange
Fri. Oct. 2 - Hitchin, UK @ Club 85
Mon. Oct. 5 - Paris, FR @ La Bellevilloise
Tue. Oct. 6 - Brussels, BE @ Botanique - The Rotonde
Wed. Oct. 7 - Rotterdam, NL @ Rotown
Thu. Oct. 8 - Amsterdam, NL @ Bitterzoet
Mon. Nov. 2 - Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon
Wed. Nov. 4 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
Fri. Nov. 6 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
Sat. Nov. 7 - Seattle, WA @ Barboza
Tue. Nov. 10 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry
Wed. Nov. 11 - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
Fri. Nov. 13 - Toronto, ON @ The Garrison
Sat. Nov. 14 - Montreal, QC @ Petit Campus
Wed. Nov. 18 - Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right
Fri. Nov. 20 - Washington, DC @ DC9
Sat. Nov. 21 - Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMOCA

* In-Store Performance
+ = Co-headline with Dove Ellis

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