Okay then, gingerly back in the saddle with the aid of the largest size text possible. The five minutes are just about up and although this isn’t easy to do and won’t be for a few weeks, on we go, this is all kind of (vaguely) explained on my art website and Mandy Indiana really are just about the right people to help kick start this thing again. Haven’t been inside a gallery for over a week now and pandemic aside, I can’t remember that happening in years and years – I did go off and spend some quiet conversation time with Mr Turner and his later work just in case it was to be the last time I could see them. So far so good, on with the tentative Organgrinding…

Ahead of their return to the US  last  weekend, Manchester quartet Mandy, Indiana releases a new single, Idea Is Best. This is the first taste of new music from Mandy, Indiana since the release of their debut album via Fire Talk, i’ve seen a way was named one of 2023’s best albums by us and quite a few more – ORGAN: Our best 43 albums of a very musically busy 2023. Who did we rate? 

“Idea Is Best is an industrial club-ready track with deep, thumping bass rumbling underneath sweeping synths and singer Valentine Caufield’s haunting whisper echoing throughout. The accompanying video features kaleidoscopic live footage of the band shot by Hitness Club and edited by Harry Steel”.

This month, Mandy, Indiana will bring their “physically — yet brilliantly — overwhelming” (NME) live set to Coachella Music & Arts Festival and Elsewhere in New York. This is their largest headlining US show to date and will feature special guests Mary Jane Dunphe and Water from Your Eyes (DJ set). Mandy, Indiana thrive in the unexpected, and their performances have become a vehicle to explore the boundaries of tension and release. A full list of upcoming dates are below at the foot of the page underneath Mr Cave and tickets are on sale now.

Find the track on Bandcamp

And let’s just park this here, we did already bring you that excellent first taste of the new Bad Seeds album – ORGAN THING: Wow! Wow! That keeps on notching up! A first taste of the new Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds hits the spot…

And if you missed the posting of that first track in full here it is again

Mandy, Indiana Tour Dates:
Sat. April 14 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music & Arts Festival
Sat. April 21 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music & Arts Festival
Tue. April 23 – New York, NY @ Elsewhere (Hall) *
Sun. May 5 – Brussels, BE @ Les Nuits Botanique
Sat. June 1 & 2 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera
Sat. June 8 – Porto, PT @ Primavera
Sat. July 6 – Roskilde, DK @ Roskilde Festival
Sat. July 1 – Jetzendorf, DE @ Puch Open Air
Fri. Nov. 1 – 2 – Turin, IT @ C2C Festival
Sat. Nov. 9 – Reykjavík, IS @ Iceland Airwaves
* = w/ Mary Jane Dunphe and Water From Your Eyes (DJ Set)