Mousey - The Dreams of Our Mothers' Mothers!

Since her surprisingly fully formed and beautifully surprising debut album Lemon Law landed in 2019 with breakout single 'Extreme Highs', Mousey - the songwriting nom de plume of Ōtautahi’s Sarena Close - has been slowly but surely honing her craft.

Her 2022’s album My Friends drew praise from all corners, with Rolling Stone Australia noting “Mousey’s lyricism and songwriting are excellent, bolstered by the album’s phenomenal production”. 

Now, once dubbed by Radio New Zealand as “one of the brighter young talents on the New Zealand music scene”, this APRA Silver Scroll nominee returns with her first southern utterance since My Friends announcing her new album - The Dreams of our Mothers’ Mothers!

From the intimacy and pain of Sufjan Stevens’ most emotive moments to the grandeur and beautiful drama of Mitski, the darker moods of Portishead’s starker work to to the swagger and passion of Perfume Genius, the influences here are many and varied. But make no mistake, this is all Mousey, purest form Mousey… a fully realised, and really quite remarkable Mousey. 

“These albums that I’ve been making have become good vehicles to help me understand myself,” Sarena says. “It’s a privilege that I get to discover and express myself in such a way and also that some people would be interested in watching it all go down.”

Tracklist:
Die on that Hill
Home Alone
Dog Park
Island of Hope (Pt. 1)
Island of Hope (Pt. 2)
Opener
IDWGBTY
E. S.