Naarm/Melbourne’s Merpire (Rhiannon Atkinson-Howatt) shares her second album MILK POOL.
MILK POOL is a dark pop album that is Merpire’s most personal work to date. Exploring topics like relationships, sexuality and restlessness, Merpie pulls you into the unknown waters of rediscovery of self.
Merpie shares the following about MILK POOL:
“I recently overheard a quote by the Russian composer Rachmaninov on writing music. He said, ‘It should be the product of the sum total of a composer’s experiences’. It was comforting to find such correlating eternal values in music between myself – a female, queer, Australian contemporary artist living in the 21st century and a male, straight, composer who lived in the 19th-century. Like life, the only constant on this record is change. MILK POOL is finding home and displacement. While I’ve written lyrics and created production elements to fit my emotional connection with the personal meaning of each song, the album is open to interpretation. Why put a song in a box when art is meant to be free? MILK POOL has served my needs to express myself and my experiences. It is now literally “released” as an open gift for whoever wants to listen to explore their own meanings and emotions”.
MILK POOL has been on repeat at the LOUD WOMEN headquarters and it’s one of the best albums of 2025 so far.
Stream MILK POOL on Spotify.
Upcoming East Australia tour dates:
15 Aug – Junk Bar – Magandjin/Brisbane, Turrbal Country QLD
16 Aug – Lazy Thinking – Eora/Sydney, Gadigal & Wangal Country NSW
17 Aug – Smith’s Alternative – Ngambri/Canberra, Ngunnawal Country ACT
21 Aug – Merri Creek Tavern – Naarm/Melbourne, Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country VIC **SOLD OUT
28 Aug – Merri Creek Tavern – Naarm/Melbourne, Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country VIC **SOLD OUT
15 Nov – Town Folk Festival, Castlemaine, Dja Dja Wurrung Country VIC
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