There’s an array of exciting new sounds coming out of London these days, but perhaps nothing as eclectic as Speedial. The English quartet whip up a stirring cocktail of melodic post-rock, shoegaze, math rock, jazz fusion, and noise-rock, and those elements come together with wings on atmospheric new single “Tourist.” The track dropped Tuesday (March 18), and while the music lurks with a cool and casual confidence, the lyrics flip the script for what co-vocalist Serena Garrod describes as a depiction of “an exaggerated ‘evil’ version of myself.” She elaborates: “When I’m feeling guilty about something I tend to get quite dramatic and it’s easy to spiral into thinking one bad decision makes people think the worst of you. It was cathartic in a way to write all of that negativity down and realize that that isn’t really how I am. I wanted the lyrics to be quite bleak and matter of fact. I usually get caught up with flowery language and making my lyrics kind of opaque and hard to decipher but I didn’t want to hide behind that for this song.” Check your passport below.
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