Based in Dublin, Belfast, and London, Irish intersectional feminist firebrands M(h)aol—Constance Keane (she/her), Jamie Hyland (she/her), and Sean Nolan (he/him)—are excited to announce their new album Something Soft out May 16. In anticipation of the release, the band is sharing their latest single, “DM:AM,” along with an accompanying video. Listen to “DM:AM” wherever you stream music, and pre-order Something Soft on CD or LP from the Merge store!

M(h)aol on “DM:AM”:

This song is about men DM’ing women online and then getting aggressive when they don’t get the response they want. They quickly turn to insults about the women, and then once the woman says she’ll expose what they’ve done, she gets a laundry list of reasons why he behaves like this and how much he has to lose, which is meant to make the women feel sorry for them.

From the first note of Something Soft's opening track to the distorted cries of its last, the record feels antagonistic to the very concept of softness, sonically and thematically. It’s an unapologetic approach to intersectional feminism, animal welfare, consumerism, and the struggle to find a place in a world lacking in empathy.

Something Soft features a more urgent sound wound tightly around Hyland and Keane’s rhythm. On the already released singles “Pursuit” and ”Snare,” Keane’s vocals lock in on her drums, as if her words were stirred to life by her playing, issued directly from her body. Set against those respectively anxious and swaggering tracks, her voice occupies the space of an inner monologue narrating a tense walk home, and green room misogyny from a place of droll observance.



M(h)aol have also announced U.S. tour dates in New York, Los Angeles, and Seattle, and they will perform at this year’s SXSW Music Festival. Upcoming shows are listed below; tickets are on sale now.

M(h)aol on tour: 
Mar 09 Brooklyn, NY – TV Eye
Mar 10–14 Austin, TX – SXSW
Mar 15 Los Angeles, CA – Permanent Records
Mar 17 Seattle, WA – The Vera Project
Apr 17 London, UK – Brixton Electric+
May 16 London, UK – The George Tavern
May 18 Brussels, BE – Le Botaniques
May 28 Belfast, UK – The Black Box*
May 29 Derry, UK – Sandinos*
May 30 Galway, IE – The Róisín Dubh*
May 31 Limerick, IE – Kasbah Social Club*
Jun 01 Cork, IE – Coughlans*
Jun 02 Cork, IE – Coughlans*
Jun 03 Waterford, IE – Luca Records and Decks*
Jun 04 Dublin, IE – Whelan’s*

+ w/ Lambrini Girls
* w/ Cola & Junk Drawer