We’re telling you, there’s got to be something in the water on the Isle of Wight… Multifaceted five-piece Plastic Mermaids made the short hop to the mainland in 2019 to deliver their debut ‘Suddenly Everyone Explodes’ and we’ve been obsessed with their concoction of shoegaze euphoria and bittersweet balladry ever since.

Now signed to Rob Da Bank’s definitively leftfield label Sunday Best, last year saw Plastic Mermaids release their second album, ‘It’s Not Comfortable To Grow’, which charts the trajectory of a doomed relationship with an eccentric, playful beauty like a homegrown Flaming Lips. Seriously, do not miss this one.