This Plastic Mermaids Live Session Is Bold And Beautiful

'Paris Milkshake' is given a grand rendering...

Plastic Mermaids are blessed an innate sense of ambition.

While some new bands are content to sit within their pigeon-holes, this lot want to surge ahead, fuelled by an insatiable sense of curiosity.

With their new EP incoming Plastic Mermaids decided to pack up and head to the Isle of Wight, shooting a lavish live session at St Catherines church on the south side of the island.

Joined by a cast of friends and new collaborators, the band breezed through their new material, giving it a fresh arrangement as they went.

Clash is able to premiere the video for 'Paris Milkshake', and it's a bold, beautiful rendering of material that betrays a quite open, honest sensibility.

Plastic Mermaids comment: "It was cool to do this one live, the trickiest bit was the string outro with on the record we’d layered up over time so getting the seven string players to nail all the portamento together was a good challenge for them! Also really nice to get the Dulcitone out, made in Glasgow in 1890 its like the 19th century answer to the Fender Rhodes."

Check it out now.

Plastic Mermaids' new EP 'Everything Is Yellow & Yellow Is My Least Favourite Colour' is out now. Catch the band at the following shows:

September
30 Middlesbrough Westgarth Social Club

October
1 Manchester Night & Day Café
2 Leeds Games Room, Brudenell Social Club
8 Cowes Sugar Store
12 Bournemouth The Old Fire Station
13 Norwich Sound & Vision Festival
13 London London Fields Brewery

November
8 Brighton The Green Door Store

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