Mamalarky & Benèt Share New Single "Will I See U" Out Now on Fire Talk / Bayonet

Atlanta's Mamalarky are no strangers to collaboration. The band's debut full length, which came out on Fire Talk (Dehd, Pure X, PACKS) in 2020 and was praised by Pitchfork for it's "complex instrumental interplay that inspires lean-forward listening," established the group as among the more capable musicians in indie rock, and the band's members have consistently popped up in backing bands and on recordings for artists like Faye Webster, White Denim and Cherry Glazer. In that context, it's surprising that Mamalarky are yet to release a collaborative recording up to this point in their career, but today they are sharing a new track with recent Bayonet Records signee Benét, and it's a single that proves that the wait was worthwhile.

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to Mamalarky & Benét's "Will I See U?" on Youtube // FADER

"The first time I met Benét I was in Richmond half asleep on a couch at Alfred’s house while the live action Goosebumps series was on, serenading me to sleep," Bennett explains. "I was really tired from tour but I peeped open my eyes and there he was, being all sweet and smiley! Later that night, we played an amazing show together and became fast friends."

"One weekend when Benét was in Atlanta we met up and started working on this idea I had been demoing and sending over to them. We tracked from home so we were kind of just huddled in, bouncing ideas. Benét wrote his verse on the spot and we just kind of felt the song come to life from there.”

"The song is about the people in my life where our relationship exists mostly in the bounds of my imagination. For various reasons, they feel so unattainable. Maybe we’ve drifted, they live far away, or maybe they don’t see anyone much at all anymore. And some people really just don’t want to give you the time of day and that’s fine too! The song is basically me being frustrated at how badly I want to be around someone that doesn’t reciprocate, so I’m left wondering."

"Had been obsessed with Mamalarky since we had booked that show in Richmond," Benèt adds.