{"title":"Pickle Darling","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs Pickle Darling, Christchurch, New Zealand-based producer and multi-instrumentalist Lukas Mayo (they\/them) zooms in on the universality of existential thought with earnest playfulness. After years of touring on previous albums, \u003cem\u003eBigness\u003c\/em\u003e (2019), \u003cem\u003eCosmonaut\u003c\/em\u003e (2021), and \u003cem\u003eLaundromat \u003c\/em\u003e(2023), and supporting artists like Lucy Dacus and The Beths, Pickle Darling's latest album, \u003cem\u003eBots\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of songs that feel like they could only ever exist on scratched CD-Rs passed between friends. Mayo continues to garner acclaim for their ability to elevate lo-fi indie pop tunes with a rounded-out, clean sound and a knack for building tiny, thoughtful worlds along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"pickle_darling_laundromat","title":"Pickle Darling - Laundromat","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e✩ Pink Blob (Baby Pink \u0026amp; Clear Color-in-Color)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e✩ Limited to 500\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e✩ Cover painting by Heather Marigold\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e✩ Design and layout by Thomas Barrer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e✩ 4-Panel Digipak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e✩ Cover painting by Heather Marigold\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e✩ Design and layout by Thomas Barrer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCassette\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e✩ Light Blue cassette shell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e✩ Limited to 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e✩ Cover painting by Heather Marigold\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e✩ Design and layout by Thomas Barrer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAustralian customers can order this from our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sound-merch.com.au\/collections\/father-daughter-records\/products\/pickle-darling-landromat-lp-pink-blob-vinyl\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAU webstore here\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStream this title:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pickledarling.bandcamp.com\/album\/laundromat-2\"\u003e\u003cu\u003eBandcamp\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \/ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/37tjeEnJzcLOKj1tWtmeq5?si=720d22d0c15748b2\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cu\u003eSpotify\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \/ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/laundromat\/1653182449?ls=1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cu\u003eApple Music\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \/ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/laundromat\/1653182449?ls=1\u0026amp;app=itunes\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cu\u003eiTunes\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \/ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0BLJ24S19\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cu\u003eAmazon\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \/ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/tidal.com\/album\/258588979\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cu\u003eTIDAL\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \/ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.deezer.com\/us\/album\/372813127\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cu\u003eDeezer\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \/ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=soPK9_UjMXU\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cu\u003eYouTube\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Father\/Daughter","offers":[{"title":"LP (Pink Blob Vinyl)","offer_id":48560523772221,"sku":"FD118lp-C1","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":48560524067133,"sku":"FD118cd","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cassette (Light Blue)","offer_id":48560524689725,"sku":"FD118cass-C1","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital","offer_id":50038351692093,"sku":"FD118DIGITAL","price":1.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0856\/3612\/0893\/files\/29d8c4b8a3554585af6f8425b256d5f824e86eeb_2320afc91998c4510b8dec4fc95af29e961ad19a_photo_jpg.jpg?v=1714174884"},{"product_id":"pickle-darling-deathly","title":"Pickle Darling - 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Anderson allegedly even rewrote an entire scene in the psych-drama to fit the song in seamlessly. The bruised and wary track embodies heartbreak, an exhaustive plea to a lover bound to hurt you, \"Don't pick on me\/When one act of kindness could be deathly.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's not exactly a song you'd expect to have a whimsical reflection. Yet, Pickle Darling again proves their range by weaving the emotive original into their robust and pulsing drum machine world. By deconstructing \"Deathly\" down to its elements, Mayo discovered what's essential to the song, using that as a guide to fit their style. 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With “Massive Everything,” their first original music since a gorgeously unguarded Postal Service cover alongside The Beths in 2023, the Christchurch-based songwriter takes a step into full-blown pop maximalism — or at least their version of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This is the first true pop song I feel like I’ve written,” Pickle Darling says. “I love euphoric pop music. I love Pet Shop Boys, Madonna and Robyn. This is kind of my attempt at that.” And it shows. “Massive Everything” pulses with a bright, synthetic heart through lush synth beds and flickers of drum machine melancholy. But embedded in its shimmering scaffolding is a lyrical density that buries something heavier. “There’s an infinite amount of horrors we all kind of have to carry with us that no one else can see,” Lukas explains. “Everyone has their own invisible pains that are unexplainable, and this is a love song that tries to include as much of that as possible.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s a kind of radical intimacy: a love song not in spite of those interior shadows, but because of them. “Massive Everything” marks the beginning of a new chapter for Pickle Darling, one that reaches toward bigness without losing the cracked, glinting beauty of their past work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Father\/Daughter Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50357404139837,"sku":"FD139dig1","price":1.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0856\/3612\/0893\/files\/FD139dig1cover.jpg?v=1748024165"},{"product_id":"pickle-darling-human-bean-instruction-manual","title":"Pickle Darling - Human Bean Instruction Manual","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eStream this title:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pickledarling.bandcamp.com\/track\/human-bean-instruction-manual\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eBandcamp\u003c\/a\u003e \/ \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/4b4VdyBpfg4tcyJiFeSANu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eSpotify\u003c\/a\u003e \/ \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/human-bean-instruction-manual-single\/1811420148?ls=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eApple Music\u003c\/a\u003e \/ \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/human-bean-instruction-manual-single\/1811420148?ls=1\u0026amp;app=itunes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eiTunes\u003c\/a\u003e \/ \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/albums\/B0F6TRLFF1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAmazon Music\u003c\/a\u003e \/ \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tidal.com\/browse\/track\/432901754?u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eTIDAL\u003c\/a\u003e \/ \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.deezer.com\/us\/album\/749508071\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eDeezer\u003c\/a\u003e \/ \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/w3UXysPk2Po?si=EEhx9sX84GU17DGs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eYouTube\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003eInstant download of “Human Bean Instruction Manual” (MP3 and WAV) available.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are songs that sound like they were built in the light, and then there are songs like “Human Bean Instruction Manual,” the kind that feel like they’ve been carefully gathered from the corners of a dim bedroom, reconstructed out of old voicemails, broken keys, and a vague but pressing sense of dread.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePickle Darling\u003c\/strong\u003e, the project of Christchurch, NZ’s Lukas Mayo, has always operated at a remove from convention. 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