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Naarm/Melbourne-based post-punk outfit The Maggie Pills have today released their sophomore record ‘Hearts Enduring Lingering Loss’, via Cheersquad Records & Tapes.

Order vinyl HERE.

Led by Argentinian frontwoman Delfi Sorondo and Venezuelan drummer Mario Perez, the group formed in 2019 shortly after both members immigrated to Australia. Produced and mixed by drummer Mario Perez and Brad Jackson, the record captures the band’s signature intensity, a blend of haunting liberation and sonic grit. At the origin of the record sits the focus track ‘Swords and Knives’, a stormy meditation on the raw, unplanned nature of love – how it arrives like lightning in an open field and leaves us split open.

“Love comes in fast. It battles you from the inside out,” the band shares. “We’re all mysterious creatures, full of hidden fears. Being truly seen is terrifying. But it’s also the only way to really connect. And sometimes, it hurts like hell.”

The album’s singles also feature prominently, from the grunge distortion of ‘Velobell’ to the fuzz-drenched menace of ‘Goths Of Disgrace’. Across twelve tracks, ‘Hearts Enduring Lingering Loss’ unpacks loss, desire, fear and defiance in equal measure.

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Filmed in a single day on a handycam to harness the shifting light of nature, the music video for ‘Swords & Knives’ is a haunting visual fable from The Maggie Pills. Written, directed, and shot by Mario, and edited by Sam Mapplebeck (Tropical Fuck Storm, Amyl and The Sniffers), it follows a vampire girl who wakes at dawn knowing she will die before nightfall. Her wandering search for truth leads her through grief, madness, and confrontations with the Sun, Moon, and ocean, each a symbol of love, loss, and inevitability.

To mark the release, The Maggie Pills will play two Naarm/Melbourne shows at The Night Cat and The Brunswick Ballroom. This continues on from playing some of the city’s most iconic venues, including Northcote Social Club, The Curtin, Max Watts, The Croxton, and Shotkickers, and selling out multiple headline shows, including their ‘GOLD’ single launch. The group have also shared the stage with Black Lips (USA), Shihad, Cable Ties, The Meanies, Battlesnake, The Mark Of Cain and Private Function.

Their music has been supported by triple j, triple j Unearthed, Double J, and Australian Community Radio stations such as 3RRR, PBS, 2SER, and 4ZZZ, among many others. In the blogosphere, they have seen support from Rolling Stone (AUS), Pilerats, Backseat Mafia (UK/AUS), Blunt Magazine, The Music, Wall of Sound, Tone Deaf, and HEAVY Magazine.

‘Hearts Enduring Lingering Loss’ is available worldwide now via Cheersquad Records & Tapes

Order vinyl HERE

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Tickets available now at HERE

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‘Hearts Enduring Lingering Loss’
Track Listing:

1. ‘New Day’
2. ‘Wonders of the Human Condition’
3. ‘Swords & Knives’
4. ‘Metz’
5. ‘Goths of Disgrace’
6. ‘The Hole’ 
7. ‘Dry Mouth in Limbo’
8. ‘Hearts Enduring Lingering Loss’ 
9. ‘Velobell’
10. ‘Adenine’
11. ‘The Heartbreak’
12. ‘Different Ways to Resist Peace’

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Spotify – Apple Music 

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AMNPLIFY – DB