Isle of Wight quintet PLASTIC MERMAIDS will embark on a UK headline tour in November 2022.

Kicking off in Bristol on 2 November, the 11 date album tour will round off at London’s Village Underground on 15 November. Having forged an esteemed live reputation, with emphatic sets at Glastonbury and Camp Bestival under their belts from earlier this year, the run will also see the full band joined in London by a string section and backing singers.

The November tour follows the release of the band’s acclaimed second full-length album It’s Not Comfortable to Grow, out now via Sunday Best.

The creative force at the heart of Plastic Mermaids is Douglas and Jamie Richards, two brothers who approach life like an art project. Joined by Chris Newnham, Chris Jones and Tom Farren, together they put as much love into their band’s visual concepts and staging as they do into their unique brand of psych-rock and electronica.

For Jamie, a tech genius who insists on making a piece of equipment for every sound he imagines in his head, the last two years have been busy with building and marketing his Planetarium effects pedal — a machine that makes lush, swirling reverb. It’s been used by Bon Iver, War Paint, Kurt Vile, Grandaddy, Wilco, Chvrches, Bicep, Glass Animals and more, and he even gave an early model to Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne.

Having recruited the accomplished Ant Whiting (MIA, Lana Del Rey) to assist with the new album, the outcome demonstrates exactly what the band do best. Filled with catchy hooks, intriguing lyricism and fuzzy synths, all underpinned with the electro rock ecstasy of LCD Soundsystem or Animal Collective, the tracks are available to hear now HERE.

In celebration of their latest material, Plastic Mermaids are now gearing up to bring their spectacular live show to UK audiences this November. They will perform at The Crescent in York on 10th November 2022.