{"id":22450,"date":"2016-07-09T12:00:05","date_gmt":"2016-07-09T16:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=22450"},"modified":"2018-03-29T21:30:56","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T01:30:56","slug":"mayflower-madame-release-upside-death-loop-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=22450","title":{"rendered":"Mayflower Madame release &#8216;Upside Down (The Death Loop)&#8217; video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22482\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/5tqs_MayflowerMadamecoloursmall.jpg?resize=600%2C400\" alt=\"Mayflower Madame\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/5tqs_MayflowerMadamecoloursmall.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/5tqs_MayflowerMadamecoloursmall.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Norwegian band Mayflower Madame have released their debut album &#8216;Observed in a Dream&#8217; via their own label Night Cult Records in Europe and Custom Made Music in North America.<\/p>\n<p>They have released a\u00a0new video for album track\u00a0<em>Upside Down (the death loop)<\/em>, which was directed by Norwegian art collective Born For Burning: <em>&#8220;We wanted to make the impression that the video consists of two different found tapes. Inspired by the gloominess of the song we sought to make the images of the video disturbing and shot with a lo-fi camera. Some key ideas were trafficking and crime scene footage, partly inspired by the movie \u201cLilya 4-ever\u201d by Lukas Moodysson.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Watch the <em>Upside Down (the death loop)<\/em>\u00a0video via YouTube below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x1Xnb17hWf8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Available on CD, vinyl and to download, \u2018Observed In A Dream\u2019 conveys a shadowy and tumultuous world, sometimes ecstatic and noisy, but always indulging the soothing charms of melody. Thematically, the album is about endings and the fluctuating, passing states of relationships and life itself. From the smouldering serenity of <em>Confusion Hill<\/em> through the feverish <em>Lovesick<\/em> and the vivid <em>Weightless<\/em> to the closing <em>Forever \/ The End of Everything<\/em>, the album reveals different stages of a partly subconscious journey and its accompanying feelings of obsession, anxiety, instability and longing.<\/p>\n<p>Stream &#8216;Observed\u00a0In A Dream&#8217;:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/t.ymlp55.com\/messazaejmhqakayhwavammy\/click.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">soundcloud.com\/mayflower-madame\/sets\/mayflower-madame-observed-in-1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mayflower Madame have confirmed a few dates this summer, with more to be confirmed soon:<\/p>\n<p>Friday 29 July &#8211; The Shacklewell Arms &#8211; London, UK &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/507489382789603\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More info here<\/a><br \/>\nTuesday 09 August &#8211; Oya Festival Club Night &#8211; Oslo, Norway<br \/>\nSaturday 10 September &#8211; Samfundet &#8211; Trondheim, Norway<\/p>\n<p>The cold Oslo winters have influenced their distinctive blend of post-punk, shoegaze and psychedelia, gaining them comparisons to the likes of Bauhaus, The Jesus &amp; Mary Chain and Spacemen 3.<\/p>\n<p>Since releasing their debut \u2018Into the Haze\u2019 EP in 2013, Mayflower Madame have been invited to play at two of the biggest festivals in Norway (Norwegian Wood and Oyafestivalen) and have supported some of the most prominent bands in the flourishing \u2018neo-psychedelic movement\u2019 such as Night Beats, Crystal Stilts, Disappears, Moon Duo, Crocodiles and La Femme.<\/p>\n<p>Mayflower Madame are Trond Fagernes (vocals\/guitars), Rune Overby (guitars), Petter Marberg (bass) and Ola J. 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Additional live and studio member: Kenneth Eknes (synth).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Norwegian band Mayflower Madame have released their debut album &#8216;Observed in a Dream&#8217; via their own label Night Cult Records in Europe and Custom Made <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=22450\" title=\"Mayflower Madame release &#8216;Upside Down (The Death Loop)&#8217; video\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22482,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23,28,29,30,1907],"tags":[5086,4441,4443,4444,5085],"class_list":["post-22450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-music","category-music-video","category-new-release","category-news","tag-born-for-burning","tag-mayflower-madame","tag-night-cult-records","tag-observed-in-a-dream","tag-upside-down-the-death-loop"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/5tqs_MayflowerMadamecoloursmall.jpg?fit=600%2C400","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-5Q6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20670,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=20670","url_meta":{"origin":22450,"position":0},"title":"Mayflower Madame announce debut album &#8216;Observed in a Dream&#8217; + release video","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"March 7, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Norwegian band Mayflower Madame have announced that their debut album 'Observed in a Dream' will be released on April 22nd via their own label Night Cult Records in Europe and Custom Made Music in North America.\u00a0The cold winters of Oslo, where the band was conceived and formed, transpire in their\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;indie&quot;","block_context":{"text":"indie","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?cat=23"},"img":{"alt_text":"Mayflower Madame","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/5tqs_MayflowerMadameLoRes_1.jpg?fit=500%2C345&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":21174,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=21174","url_meta":{"origin":22450,"position":1},"title":"Mayflower Madame reveal new track &#8216;Self-Seer&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"April 7, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Norwegian band Mayflower Madame release their debut album 'Observed in a Dream' on April 22nd via their own label Night Cult Records in Europe and Custom Made Music in North America. 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