Pickle Darling Shares 'Human Bean Instruction Manual'

Pickle Darling aka Lukas Mayo asks wouldn't it be nice if there was some kind of 'Human Bean Instruction Manual', like a non-prescriptive guidebook to help ease the stress of everyday living during our chaotic late capitalistic era, in the Ōtautahi bedroom pop star's new single via US imprint Father/Daughter Records. Home-crafted with care, sharply penned and assuredly ambitious in scope — approaching prog-rock levels of detail as a six and a half minute multi-part suite — the empathetic tune weaves together crunchy beats, sparkling melodic keys, pastoral folk guitar strummage, auto-tuned utterances, and more than a touch of imaginative psychedelia. Accompanied by a sunny and hypnotic low-poly visualiser, if you're lucky Pickle Darling will treat attendees at this Friday's Tom Roud For Council - Campaign Launch Gig at Space Academy to a live rendition of 'Human Bean Instruction Manual'...

"This was one that I built from early fragments I had recorded years ago, which I then stripped for parts and assembled into a new song. I always write with a kind of dream logic and never towards any sort of end goal, but I was on the cusp of turning 30 when I wrote this song and I remember feeling completely lost and unprepared and wishing there were some kind of manual. Lots of stressed out dreams, fears of never being able to afford a house or never being able to retire, realising there’s no steady path to a comfortable future, you just need to form your alliances and see how far through this life you can get! I realise a near 7 minute song about being stressed about money isn’t really fun cool sexy playlist material, but that’s Pickle Darling."

Tom Roud For Council - Campaign Launch Gig
Featuring Pickle Darling, The Eastern, This Dog + Meet & Greet with the Candidate, Speeches from Tom & from the Alliance Party
Friday 4th July - Space Academy, Christchurch
Tickets on sale HERE via UTR

'Human Bean Instruction Manual' is out now on major streaming platforms via Father/Daughter Records.