Following their 2023 Merge debut with the reissue of Attachment Styles, M(h)aol are back with their electrifying new single “Pursuit.” Constance Keane, Jamie Hyland, Zoë Greenway, and Sean Nolan are also delighted to announce that they are returning to the United States for shows in New York and Los Angeles, as well as playing Merge Records’ 35th anniversary festival! Watch the Zoë Greenway—directed visualizer for “Pursuit” now!
“Pursuit” marks M(h)aol’s first output since reconfiguring as a four-piece, and Constance Keane’s first outing as lead vocalist. Humming with nervous energy, the song is wound timebomb-tight, with singer/drummer Keane narrating the way home after a night out while the band pushes the pace to a frenzy. Of the track, Keane says:
“Pursuit” is about the experience of being followed home. Sadly, I think it’s something most women have experienced, and something that makes you change your behaviour on a very practical level. It first happened to me when I was 12, and it stayed with me for a long time.
The experience of choosing your outfit based on how quickly it could help you get out of a dangerous situation is something I don’t even notice I’m doing sometimes, and that in itself scares me. What am I doing choosing shoes I know I can run fast in, rather than the ones that would go better with my outfit?
As a whole, the song is built out of frustration that has accumulated over the past 30 years of being a woman in public.
M(h)aol bring their magnetic live show back to the States this July. See below for dates.
M(h)aol on tour:
Jul 23 Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere Zone 1
Jul 24–27 Carrboro, NC – Merge 35
Aug 01 Los Angeles, CA – Genghis Cohen
