BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA — Brisbane five-piece Mermaid Avenue announce the release of their fourth album, Jacarandas, out April 15, 2026 on all major streaming platforms and pressed on vinyl via Suitcase Records. Recorded by James See at Airlock Studios and mixed and mastered by Jason Millhouse at Recordworks, it is the band’s most cohesive and fully realised work to date — ten tracks that move fluidly between alt-country, indie rock, folk, and bluesy Americana, held together by the warmth and craft of a band that has been building to exactly this moment.
Jacarandas is the record Mermaid Avenue have been circling for a decade. Built around the songwriting of frontman Peter Clarke and shaped by the full band across years of playing together, the album balances intimate storytelling with expansive arrangements — electric and acoustic guitars, lap steel, pedal steel, keys, bass, mandolin, and vocal harmonies all finding their place in a sound that feels both carefully constructed and entirely natural. Clarke’s voice — warm, weathered, and frequently compared to Michael Stipe — carries songs that explore memory, ambition, ageing, love, and the lives of characters both real and imagined. It is the kind of record that rewards close listening and rewards it again.
The album’s closing track, “Boy in the Mirror,” features guest fiddle from Melinda Coles, adding a haunting, elegiac final note to a record that earns it.
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