#merpire

Some of my fav music releases of 2020 that have gotten me through the year.

MILK POOL was one of our favourite releases of this year, and last week I was lucky enough to slide into Merpire’s DM’s and take a deep dive into this release, her evolving goals for her music and what she’s got planned for 2026!! Suzie: Thanks so much for chatting with me today. So 2025 brought the release of your second album, MILK POOL. That feels like a good place to start – how did it feel…

So in my desire to really highlight and centre Australian music, I wanted to create a separate ‘best of’ list just for Aussie albums. Did you know less than 10% of music streams from Australians are of Australian artists? We have excellent music here in Aus, so hopefully this is another little step to highlighting more of that! I also realised part way through this list that this was a bad idea…

Third time was the charm as I finally got to see Merpire perform for her album launch on Thursday night at Brunswick’s Howler. It was fantastic to finally hear the songs from MILK POOL live, and while I was gutted to have missed the early shows this year, I honestly think seeing them performed with a full band was probably the best possible live experience. There was an excited energy in the room…