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Mausi sound like: That time you told your parents you were sleeping over at a friend’s house but actually sneaking off to a night-time beach party.

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Their story: When Italian-born siblings Daisy and Thomas Finetto left their idyllic hometown to go to university in Newcastle, little did they know how hard they would fall in love with the Newcastle music scene.

Teaming up with Benji Huntrods (drums) and Ben Brown (guitar) they formed Mausi, having been inspired to make music after a particularly picturesque Italian holiday together.


Bursting onto the scene with their summery first single Sol in 2012, the band quickly got attention.



Encouraged by this early success, they went on to release Move in 2013, followed by My Friend Has A Swimming Pool in 2014.

Having garnered so much attention at such a young age, the band became ‘carried away with the promise and excitement of the music industry’ and took a three year hiatus before coming back this August with a new pop banger ‘Famous’.

Speaking of the new single, singer Daisy said: “The most incredible feeling so far has been releasing a track after three years and finding out our fan base is as keen and supportive as ever. It means even more now because we are doing it all on our own terms and people still want to listen.”

What’s so great about him? Mausi originally set out to capture the aesthetic of ‘hazy, European, summer escapism’, and right now in these heady times examining what it means to be European, no-one does it better.

It’s sadly common for young bands to become disenfranchised with the music industry – but what we like about MAUSI is that instead of just packing it in, they took the time out to really hone their craft and figure out how they want to make and release music on their own terms.

Resulting single Famous (released on their own label XIX Music) is testament to their hard work; dance floor ready keys, velvety boy/girl harmonies, and shuffling beats show that these guys definitely still got it – no doubt this is going to be a club hit for what’s left of the summer.

Most-streamed track on Spotify: My Friend Has A Pool with over 2.5 million streams.

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What will they be doing for the rest of this year? All we know so far is that Famous is the first of a ‘catalogue of songs’ to be released over the coming months. We can’t wait to find out more.

Signed to: XIX Music

Upcoming live dates: None announced, but that will change. Trust.

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