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Trick Mammoth is a Dunedin pop trio consisting of Adrian Ng (songwriting and vocals), Millie Lovelock (guitar and vocals), and Sam Valentine (drums).

Enigmatic frontman Adrian describes their sound as “lo-fi music with a 90s guitar-pop edge.” He has been writing solo material under the Trick Mammoth name for some time now, but has “always written with a band in mind.” Though Trick Mammoth are a young group, forming a mere four months ago, they already have big plans for the future.

Adrian: “We’re going to go and record with Ian (Henderson, of Fishrider Records) in his basement in two or three weeks. That’ll be the debut album. Though it’ll still be really lo-fi, we want it to sound as good as possible.”

Sam: “I guess we shouldn’t say too much about it, but there’s definitely a loose plan to release a CD and a vinyl of the album soon, which would be great.”

Although the band has only performed live a handful of times, they plan to do a nationwide tour to promote their debut album. A collection of Adrian’s Trick Mammoth demos can be found at trickmammoth.bandcamp.com.