Mayflower Madame share new track ‘A Foretold Ecstasy’

A Foretold Ecstasy is the first single from Norwegian band Mayflower Madame’s upcoming and highly anticipated third album. The song sees the band refining their signature blend of post-punk, shoegaze and psychedelia into a sharper soundscape distinguished by a pulsating, forceful rhythm section, atmospheric synths and reverb-drenched guitars that stab and shine. It’s the perfect soundtrack for the nightly walks of restless city dwellers, but also a highly potent dancefloor-filler at gritty indie clubs. Watch the video clip for A Foretold Ecstasy via YouTube below or you can listen to the song via your preferred streaming service: https://ffm.to/aforetoldecstasy

According to singer and songwriter Trond Fagernes, the lyrics speak about «constantly chasing some sort of elation or intoxicating sensation to relieve one’s inner turmoil, while still being aware that it’s just a passing state followed by an inevitable downfall». The result is an enigmatic, but alluring song with big choruses that feels both uplifting and gloomy at the same time.

Directed by the band’s long-time visual collaborator Astrid Serck, the accompanying video builds further upon the song’s powerful, vibrating rhythm and the feelings of emotional tension, longing and escapism.

Over the past years, Mayflower Madame has gained a reputation far beyond their hometown of Oslo, Norway. They made their debut with the album ‘Observed in a Dream’ in 2016, which received rave reviews and earned them tours across Europe and North America, while 2020s long-awaited sequel ‘Prepared for a Nightmare’ firmly established their position as one of the continent’s leading purveyors of cinematic psych-gaze swathed in 1980s dark romanticism. Check out all the band’s releases here: https://mayflowermadame.bandcamp.com/.

Their upcoming album is due for release in the fall of 2024. It has been mixed and mastered by renowned Italian engineer Maurizio Baggio (The Soft Moon, Boy Harsher, The Vacant Lots). It will be released digitally via their own label Night Cult Records (Norway), on CD via Icy Cold Records (France) and on vinyl via Only Lovers Records (France) and Up In Her Room (UK).