RATTLESNAKE BOY

Introducing Rattlesnake Boy, the debut album from
New Zealand based artist Mainard Larkin. An
indie/country concept album, Rattlesnake Boy
Rattlesnake Boy was created with producer
Shannon Fowler (Tom Lark) and loosely follows a
pro-wrestler at the end of his career. Yet, the album
was also inspired by a relationship break-up, so the
songs have a deep emotional core to them. Mainard
has been a fan of professional wrestling since a
young age. As a teenager, they attended a Raw
event in the US and even joined a gym to learn the
basic moves. Later, it became clear that many early20000s wrestlers were actually working within an
industry where drug use was common and health
and safety concerns were non-existent. Mainard
chose to explore their own emotional crossroads
through the story of a pro wrestler undergoing a
similar period of upheaval.