Austin’s Megafauna have shared their new single and its accompanying video “Sometimes Island,” directed by Vanessa Pla, who says, “Dani’s song made me dream of all things Fellini, Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend and Alice in Wonderland. I knew we wanted to shoot on 16mm and kept imagining Dani inside a tiny box singing to her other self on a sailboat. And we let our world expand into new places.” For the album, the band worked with producer/engineer Charles Godfrey (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, …Trail of Dead, Swans, Holy Wave).

On the song Megafauna’s Dani Neff adds:

“The song came into being while Will, Winston and I were living together early in the pandemic. Winston was playing us lots of bossa nova artists like Astrud Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim, and they heavily influenced the tune. I talked to our friend about filming the video on his sailboat and he mentioned that we’d be sailing near ‘Sometimes Island,’ a land mass in Lake Travis that is sometimes visible, depending on water levels. I thought it was a cool name for a song about love fading in and out of view.”

“Sometimes Island” is the latest track to be released from Megafauna’s full-length album Olympico out April 28 (pre-order). The song follows acclaimed pre-release singles “Sunday Saturday” and “Dozer” which are available now on all streaming platforms.
Megafauna is playing spring tour dates in support of Olympico including a hometown record release show at Sagebrush in Austin on May 6. The band will also be performing at MoCo Festival in Lexington, TX.

Led by the ethereal vocals and guitar of Dani Neff, Megafauna draw from progressive bands including Rush and The Mars Volta, avant-indie instigators Radiohead and Unknown Mortal Orchestra, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, and Mastodon. The band has evolved over the years to the current lineup of Zack Humphrey on drums, Will Krause on bass and Winston Barrett on guitar/keys, each bringing a precision and edge to the outfit.

Megafauna
Olympico
Track List

1. Sunday Saturday
2. Olympico
3. Bi Postal
4. Capsize
5. Sometimes Island
6. Yellow
7. Dozer
8. Lookout Mountain
9. Rage Of The Queen

Megafauna 2023 Tour Dates

03.30 – Austin, TX @ Hotel Vegas
04.28 – Lexington, TX @ MoCo Festival
05.06 – Austin, TX @ Sagebrush (album release show)
05.13 – San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger

Pre-order Olympico by Megafauna HERE