Pickle Darling & The Beths Cover 'Brand New Colony' by The Postal Service

Unleashing a surprise collaboration for the 20th anniversary of US indie supergroup The Postal Service’s self-titled album Give Up, Ōtautahi’s Pickle Darling aka Lukas Mayo and Silver Scroll winners The Beths release a cover of 'Brand New Colony' via Sub Pop Records. Their side of the new 7" inch vinyl release raises the hair on your arms at the glorious tone of Liz Stokes’ voice. With only about a week to put it together, Mayo was head-down in their room for two entire days, transforming The Beth’s sonic groundwork into Pickle Darling’s gentler but effortlessly intricate arrangement centred around the pleasant lightness of kalimba and banjo.

On the flipside is American indie stars Car Seat Headrest’s rendition of fellow Washington rockers’ Death Cab For Cutie’s jewel ‘We Looked Like Giants’. Mayo will soon be playing Tāmaki’s multi-venue party The Others Way Festival on 1st December — an A-class lineup of over thirty acts along Karangahape Road.

“Jonathan sent me what they’d recorded so far (in hotel rooms) and an extremely encouraging message, basically saying “do whatever you want to it. Delete stuff, re-record everything, change the arrangement, make it your own, what you do, however much or little, we will be thrilled!” So I took entire drum stems and put them through a bitcrusher, recorded vocals, added banjo, kalimba, tambourine, synths, just did everything I could to bring The Beths into the Pickle Darling world."

THE OTHERS WAY FESTIVAL 2023
Friday 1st December
Across Karangahape Road, Auckland, NZ

Featuring... SOULS OF MISCHIEF (US), MARY LATTIMORE (US), TRINITY ROOTS, HERBS (UNPLUGGED), THE VEILS, OPENSOULS, TEAM DYNAMITE, PACHYMAN (PR), FRANK BOOKER & NATHAN HAINES, MARLIN’S DREAMING, DERYK, VERA ELLEN, MĀ, BBYFACEKILLA, RINGLETS, JUJULIPPS, ATARANGI, PICKLE DARLING, THE CIRCLING SUN, JAZMINE MARY, DEEPSTATE, HANBEE, HAZ & MILOUX, DICTAPHONE BLUES, OFFICE DOG, ELLIOT & VINCENT, GRECCO ROMANK, LUCOLA, MELANIE, SALT WATER CRIMINALS + MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED

Earlybird tickets are on sale HERE via UTR and instore at Flying Out, with laybuy options available via Banished Music

Order the 7" vinyl for 'Brand New Colony / 'We Looked Like Giants' on Bandcamp.