If It's Too Loud...

Photo by Daisy & Tomos Ayscough For their latest single (and the closing track on their upcoming album), mary in the junkyard have released an epic indie rock power ballad. "Mouse" is a gorgeous and powerful track. It starts off as quiet as it could possibly be, feeling deeply personal. Even as the volume and tempo speeds up, the song continues feeling intimate. Even at its most quiet, "Mouse" is a great song and would be one of our favorites of the year. However, when more instruments and volume kick in, mary in the junkyard suck you in even deeper. This is one of our favorite tracks of the year, and makes us more desperate to hear the full album, which is due out next month. Clari Freeman-Taylor (vocals, guitar, violin, viola) says of the band's latest single: “I went to Iceland and became obsessed with the ocean. I remembered I was a fisherman in a former life with a mouse in my pocket, lost in a storm. It is about me reconnecting with the mouse when they...