“So, who’s the pig lover here?”Wandering the grounds of Ross Mill Farm, a foster home and boarding spot for porcine pets about an hour outside Philadelphia, the four members of the band Mannequin Pussy answered the facility’s owner nearly in unison: “We all are!”Pigs are pack animals — not so different from being in a touring rock band, the singer and guitarist Marisa Dabice, 36, noted playfully.
Maxine Steen, 34, who plays synths and guitar, felt an instant kinship with a hesitant hog named Max, proclaiming them both “so aloof.” The band, which also includes the drummer Kaleen Reading, 31, and the bassist Colins Regisford, 37, known as Bear, has been spotted with livestock a lot lately.
In two of its recent music videos, the quartet cavorts with cows and sheep, and a pig features prominently on the cover of its fierce new album, “I Got Heaven.”Mannequin Pussy’s earliest releases were a fuzzy punk squall, but in its more than 10-year-run, its music has come to incorporate shoegazey swirls of sound, sharp hooks and intimate moments of vulnerability.
The band reached a turning point in 2019 with “Patience,” an album that struck a balance between its more savage and tender sides.
The coronavirus pandemic subsequently halted its touring plans, but not its momentum.
Persons:
Marisa Dabice, Maxine Steen, Max, Kaleen, Colins Regisford, “ Patience, ”, ” Dabice, “
Organizations:
HBO
Locations:
Ross Mill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Easttown