{"id":34125,"date":"2020-04-28T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=34125"},"modified":"2020-04-25T07:41:34","modified_gmt":"2020-04-25T11:41:34","slug":"marlins-dreaming-share-dark-new-single-alike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=34125","title":{"rendered":"Marlin&#8217;s Dreaming share dark new single \u2018Alike\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>New Zealand indie four-piece&nbsp;Marlin\u2019s&nbsp;Dreaming have shared their third single, <em>Alike<\/em> lifted from their forthcoming album,&nbsp;\u2018Quotidian\u2018&nbsp;which is out now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lead singer and guitarist Semisi Maiai had this to say:&nbsp;<em>&#8220;Alike is our most zestful single &#8211; very guitar and&nbsp;vocal driven. I wanted to personify two different characters, the bleating high pitched character, and the dark, arrogant character. Both characters are people&nbsp;in my life that&#8230; I&nbsp;guess piss me off enough that one day I decided to write about them &#8211; or should I say write for them.&nbsp;&nbsp;We wanted a big soaring chorus for this song, so we really layered the vocals in the chorus to make the melody thick. I guess sort of an optimistic, catchy song, but digging deeper, I find that what it&#8217;s actually about slightly disturbing.&#8221;<\/em><br><br>You can listen to the track via SoundCloud below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/707871709&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>More<\/strong> <strong>about Marlin\u2019s Dreaming?<\/strong><br><br>Marlin\u2019s Dreaming are a young band hailing from a cold, damp flat in Dunedin, New Zealand. In October 2017, just a couple of months after forming, Marlin\u2019s Dreaming released their first body of work, Lizard Tears. It was an eight song mix of indie pop tasters, and one reworked track from frontman, Semisi Maiai\u2019s, former band GROMz. The album reached huge popularity across streaming platforms worldwide, and transitioned into two sold out tours of New Zealand.<br><br>In 2018 Marlin\u2019s Dreaming released their second body of work, Talk on Commic. The EP retains the wry humour of Lizard Tears, but is less mannered; a darker beast with 90\u2019s fangs evoking many of the post-punk greats. This EP received support from popular Spotify and Apple playlists and Youtube Channels.<br><br>2019 proved to be another successful year, doing support slots with Kirin J Callinan, The Chills and Ocean Alley. They also managed to fit in three headline tours of their own, including 2 sold out runs in Australia.<br><br>Marlin\u2019s Dreaming have just released their latest LP, \u2018Quotidian\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i2.cmail19.com\/ei\/j\/14\/D5C\/EC7\/185506\/csfinal\/MarlinsDreaming-Quotidianalbumartwork1-9900000000079e3c.jpg\" alt=\"Marlin\u2019s Dreaming Quotidian cover artwork\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018<strong>Quotidian\u2019 track listing<\/strong><br><br>1.&nbsp;Sink Or Swim<br>2.&nbsp;Alike<br>3.&nbsp;Outwards Crying<br>4. Lick The Brains<br>5. Cabbage Tree<br>6. Colourful Disarray<br>7. False Start<br>8. Outristic Pt 1<br>9. Outristic Pt 2<br>10. Mr Sun<br>11. Pavement<br>12. Filling In Time<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>New Zealand indie four-piece&nbsp;Marlin\u2019s&nbsp;Dreaming have shared their third single, Alike lifted from their forthcoming album,&nbsp;\u2018Quotidian\u2018&nbsp;which is out now. Lead singer and guitarist Semisi Maiai had <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=34125\" title=\"Marlin&#8217;s Dreaming share dark new single \u2018Alike\u2019\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33895,"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":"On Culture Addicts: Marlin's Dreaming share dark new single \u2018Alike\u2019","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":[22,23,28,30],"tags":[9190,9089,9090],"class_list":["post-34125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-music","category-new-release","tag-alike","tag-marlins-dreaming","tag-quotidian"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/9B860AF3-AEE3-46BC-ABBC-A26A03EC3F07.jpeg?fit=900%2C1200&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-8Sp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33894,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=33894","url_meta":{"origin":34125,"position":0},"title":"NZ indie dreamers Marlin&#8217;s Dreaming share video for \u2018Outwards Crying\u2019","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"April 2, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"New Zealand indie outfit\u00a0Marlin\u2019s\u00a0Dreaming have shared the video for their new single Outwards Crying\u00a0lifted from their forthcoming album,\u00a0\u2018Quotidian\u2019. 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