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We had the pleasure of interviewing Merk over Zoom video!
Merk\xa0is the musical moniker of Auckland, New Zealand artist, multi-instrumentalist and producer Mark Perkins who began his career as a touring member of\xa0Tom Lark\xa0and\xa0Fazerdaze. Merk\u2019s recent singles \u201cH.N.Y.B\u201d and \u201cGOD\u201d\xa0 have already earned critical acclaim spanning\xa0SPIN Magazine\xa0and\xa0BBC Radio 6. Today, he reveals new single/video\xa0\u201cLaps Around The Sun''\xa0alongside the announcement of his debut globally released album\xa0Infinite Youth due out April 9\xa0on\xa0Humblebrag Records. This is a record that thrives on a certain simplicity of rhythm, melody, and lyric, and is compelled by contrast: pop songs influenced by art music, an album about adulthood that reflects heavily on what it is to be young, and a sonic world that is both expansive and deeply intimate.
Pop songs that transcend the basic, disregard the complex, and zero in on the simple: Merk seeks to find where ABBA, The Beach Boys, The Carpenters, the Japanese City Pop of the late 70s and 80s meet. An album that will capture you on first listen and then reward your every repetition,\xa0Infinite Youth\xa0reintroduces Merk and invites you, warmly, into his orbit.
Perkins learned the craft of recording and producing under the stewardship of\xa0Crowded House\u2019s (and now Fleetwood Mac\u2019s!) Neil Finn\xa0while working at\xa0Roundhead Studios. His debut album\xa0Swordfish\xa0went on to win Best Debut Album at the Taite Music Prize (New Zealand\u2019s equivalent of the Mercury or Polaris Prize), and led to tours with\xa0Cub Sport, Marlon Williams\xa0and\xa0Julia Jacklin\xa0in Australia and New Zealand.
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