Taken from the new album by Connan Mockasin - 'Caramel' out 4th November (UK) & 5th November (US)
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Caramel

Do I Make You Feel Shy?

Hojicha678 - Ghetta Meen (prod. Gom Jelly)

let it all go

The deliciously off-kilter and wholly unique musical oeuvre of Connan Mockasin stands defiantly alone in the current musical landscape. Exploring the furthest flung horizons of pop music on his critically acclaimed album “Forever Dolphin Love”, the New Zealand born, current London resident synthesises the playful aural experimentation of pop mavericks past and present like Joe Meek, Brian Wilson and Ariel Pink but pushes the boat our even further, dissecting, inverting, and dissembling the very structures of the pop song itself, creating something endlessly inventive and completely beguiling, all at the same time.

This willingness to toy with the edges of musical convention is showcased to startling effect in “Faking Jazz Together”, its typically opaque title belying a gorgeous, leisurely amble through an enchanted forest of lush psychedelia, complete with dreamy guitar licks, liquefied salsa rhythms and Mockasin’s trademark alien vocals, sounding like a transmission from another cosmos, ghostly yet strangely affecting all at once. Tom Furse from The Horrors, meanwhile, extrapolates the beats from the original and relocates them in a wide-eyed, sprawling dub epic akin to Screamadelica-era Primal Scream, and renowned German producer (and Kompakt lynchpin) Michael Mayer builds a propulsive, tropical-flavoured anthem around Mockasin’s unusual vocals, with delightfully unpredictable results.

Even better, you can see Connan Mockasin in glorious live action this autumn, when he and his band embark on their own headline tour of the UK, playing dates across the country at the end of September. 

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Forever Dolphin Love

Faking Jazz Together

Myths 001

Feelin' Lovely

Come Be Me

Frank LoCrasto - Pianos, Fender Rhodes, Clavinet, Organs, Synths, Basses, Electric Guitar, Glockenspiel, Percussion, Claps, Vox. 
Josh Mease - Bass on Marshall & Surf Avenue, Acoustic Guitars on Minkjaw, South Padre, Surf Avenue & Unfashionable Chime. 
Ryan Scott - Electric Guitar & Lap Steel on Simple Times, El Dorado & Surf Avenue. 
Bob Hart - Bass on South Padre. 
Bill Campbell - Drums & Percussion on Minkjaw & South Padre. 

Recorded by Frank LoCrasto, Josh Mease, & Pete Rende 
All songs written & produced by Frank LoCrasto 
Mixed By Pete Rende 
Mastered by Randy Merrill at Masterdisk 
Mastered for vinyl by Alex DeTurk at Masterdisk 
Photography by Samantha Rapp. Design by RAS

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