April 23, 2021

Pickle Darling Announces 12 Date NZ Tour

A month out from their album release, Bedroom-Pop composer, multi-instrumentalist, Lukas Mayo aka Pickle Darling (they/them) announces their first ever headline tour of Aotearoa/NZ. And releases the 4th single from their upcoming album, Cosmonaut, Boundless My Heart.

This will be the first time playing shows for Pickle Darling since their support slots for friends, The Beths, late 2020. Mayo effuses “I am super excited to play these songs around New Zealand! I had to cancel my last tour so technically this is my first time doing a headline tour, ever. As well as the first time visiting some of these smaller towns!” Support artists and more details to come.

Pickle Darling’s Cosmonaut Tour

July 1 – Oamaru – Grainstore Gallery
July 2 – Dunedin – Bark
July 3 – Invercargill – Tuatara
July 10 – Christchurch – Space Academy
July 15 – Auckland – The Wine Cellar
July 16 – Tauranga – Jam Factory
July 17 – Hamilton – Nivara Lounge
July 22 – Wellington – Moon
July 23 – Palmerston North – Snails
July 24 – Napier – Paisley Stage
July 30 – Nelson – The Boathouse
July 31 – Onekaka – The Mussel Inn

Tickets Available now via undertheradar.co.nz

Pickle Darling’s upcoming album Cosmonaut finds them leaving not only the bedroom but… the atmosphere. While earlier releases spring onion pancakes EP and debut album Bigness pulled from the world of mumblecore films, Cosmonaut pulls from science fiction and space travel, as seen in the album’s artwork (a tribute to the art of classic science fiction books such a Dune and The Rings of Saturn), the song titles (‘Achieve Lift!’), and the live band’s outfits (the band wears boiler suits looking almost like a training space crew).

2020 set Pickle Darling on a touring trajectory with indie-pop dream boats, The Beths, and 2021 will have them releasing Cosmonaut with a full 12-date New Zealand tour, continuing to compose the soundtrack for an LGBTQIA+ indie game called ShelfLife (an RPG about a non-binary art student), as well as finishing up their third album.

Cosmonaut Tracklisting

01 Achieve Lift
02 Blushing
03 Moses
04 Shrinkwrapped
05 Boundless My Heart
06 Gently Crashes
07 Rosary
08 A Deep Breath
09 Everything Is Flammable

“It’s an album that immediately throws you into a world bursting with colour and excitement, and maintains it throughout.” – soundsgoodblog (Bigness)
“a wide variety of beautiful, meticulously arranged sounds.” – indiebrew (Bigness)
“each track that Pickle Darling crafts is bold and unnerving, unashamed and not allowing one element to overbear the others.” – Goldflakepaint (springonionpancakes)
“’Bigness’ is adorable. Hand-knit sweater giving among friends followed by an extended group hug session adorable.” – Counterzine
“the ramshackle nature of that genre spruced up (reinvented) and allowing the inspired little flashes of magic to shine” – Goldflakepaint (Bigness)