Mamalarky Explore the Great Outdoors on Two New Songs, “Meadow” and “Moss”

Atlanta-based four-piece Mamalarky have shared their first new material of 2021, a pair of singles titled “Meadow” and “Moss,” both written outside. The tracks are accompanied by self-directed music videos and the band’s first tour dates in support of their self-titled 2020 debut album.

“Meadow” is a blindingly bright pop-rock track built on a springy groove and staccato synths, whereas “Moss” is more along the lines of tranquil psych-pop; the former is freewheeling and sunny, while the latter is shady and contemplative, each evoking its eponymous piece of nature via vivid, well-crafted indie rock. “Surreal to let these home recorded songs surface,” Mamalarky modestly tweeted Monday.

Vocalist/guitarist Livvy Bennett says of the songs in a statement:

Monotony is an illusion, or at least it’s a very tired way to look at things. Nature always has something new to offer when we slow down enough to absorb it—isolation made me appreciate and deepen this relationship significantly. I realized I’m never actually alone when I’m out under some trees. “Moss” offers more of a coming to terms that the surrounding landscape could be my anchor and company for the time whereas “Meadow” is a spark of excitement at finding a less traveled path on my daily route that opened out onto a beautiful stream with singing frogs. I wrote both these songs outdoors which I had never tried before. I still go to these spots often and they hold me up!

Mamalarky’s tour kicks off on Oct. 21 in Washington, D.C., bouncing around the East Coast—and including a Brooklyn showcase with the band’s Fire Talk labelmates PACKS and Wombo on Oct. 23—before concluding its first leg on Oct. 28 with a stop in the band’s Atlanta home base. They’ll pick back up in November for about a dozen North American shows alongside Chicago-based rockers Slow Pulp.