The Mermaids - For More Smoking Pleasure LP xx2017 exhaustion and uncertainty that characterise

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The Mermaids - For More Smoking Pleasure LP xx2017 exhaustion and uncertainty that characteriseThe Mermaids are the duo of Mikey Liestins (Grog Pappy) and Nic French from Newcastle, Australia. Their album 'For More Smoking Pleasure' sees the aural trouble makers manipulate a cornucopia of recording devices such as 8 track tape, turntables, circuit bent toys and other loopers to mangle the Aussie spirit of 'taking the piss' to a level of the absurd that would disturb the mind of even the most rational cynic. This psychedelic layer cake bubbles