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Aug 08, 2024 By Marina Malin

MEMORIALS, which features members of Electrelane and Wire, recently announced their debut album, Memorial Waterslides, due on October 4 via Fire. Now they have shared another new single from it, “Lamplighter,” which arrives with a music video. Watch below and also find MEMORIALS’ tour dates.

The album’s previously released lead track, “Cut It Like a Diamond,” was one of our Songs of the Week.

MEMORIALS is the duo of Electrane’s Verity Susman and Wire’s Matthew Simms. Memorial Waterslides is a surrealist pop record which embodies the polarities of avant-garde and classic songwriting. The debut follows their three film soundtrack commissions: Women Against The Bomb, Tramps!, and Tramps! Pt. 2.

In a press release, the duo said “Lamplighter” is “the poppiest song on the album and we created our own tape machine mellotron especially for it.” Though upbeat, the track has meaningful introspective undertones and quotes an intense letter by Fanny Burney: “At what age do we stop wanting more?”

MEMORIALS Tour Dates:

30 Aug: Smugglers Festival, Deal, UK

07 Sep: Quarry All Dayer, Liverpool, UK

13 Oct: The Hug and Pint, Glasgow UK

14 Oct: Yes, Manchester, UK

16 Oct: The Jericho Tavern, Oxford, UK

17 Oct: The Lexington, London, UK

18 Oct: Louisiana, Bristol, UK

21 Oct: The Parish, Huddersfield, UK

22 Oct: Dead Wax, Birmingham, UK

23 Oct: Heartbreakers, Southampton, UK

24 Oct: Alphabet, Brighton, UK

14 Dec: The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, UK*

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