American Teenager

SF Bay Area textural pop group Torrey delve deep into a translucent dreamworld on their self-titled sophomore album. Bending classic shoegaze, rainy day indie rock sounds, and 90s alt rock flair into more intricate forms, the band uses these guitar-forward songs to shape-shift between gentle drifting and noisy breakthroughs. Some touchstones might include Lush, Drop Nineteens, Cocteau Twins and The Breeders, but Torrey have a deft grasp of their craft and a forward-thinking studio approach that places them very much in the NOW. Singles like "No Matter How," "Bounce" and "Moving" are pure 2024 and place Torrey firmly alongside like-minded groups like Seablite, Mo Dotti, Winter and Alvvays who are enlivening a similar set of inspirations.

It's fitting that Torrey's most masterfully crafted album is also their first for Slumberland. As the album plays out, it perfectly arranges contradictory expressions of angst and tenderness, exaltation and melancholy, restlessness and acceptance. These songs are obsession-worthy for any dream pop enthusiast, with Torrey managing to call on some familiar spirits for guidance while sounding more like themselves than ever before.

Torrey

Torrey - Bounce

Do you mind if I just blend in
I’m not comfortable being
At these kinds of 
Social gatherings

I'm out of practice, out of confidence
My body wonders where my mind has been
You can look me in the eyes 
And only see what's been left behind

And I can't deny the undeniable 

After all this 
It’s only you I miss
Waiting for tonight to be the night
We met and Started again

I never dealt with you leaving
I hid it in a blindspot
I tell myself things are better now
But they're not
Another night, dancing alone
Me and my regrets in our comfort zone
Where I only sing along
To sad songs

Coz I can't deny the undeniable 

After all this 
It’s only you I miss
Waiting for tonight to be the night
That we met and Started again
The truth is fact beats fiction 
This heart still needs fixing 

Every lie I tell myself slowly dies
You're the truth that always survives

After all this 
It’s only you I miss
Waiting for tonight to be the night
We met and Started again

After all this 
It’s only you I miss
Waiting for tonight to be the night
That we met and Started again
The truth is fact beats fiction 
This heart still needs fixing 

After all this 
It’s only you I miss
After all this 
It’s only you I miss

Every lie I tell myself slowly dies
You're the truth that always survives

Every lie I tell myself slowly dies
You're the truth that always survives

Only You I Miss

Pale Moonlight QW

Trying to escape this silly drama
Things they come and go, nothing ever flows.
Before I get attached I better warn ya
You don’t want to play me, better treat me respectfully

I can’t make my mind up about you
Are you good or will you hurt me too?

Maybe, I don’t know
Have to face things that are out of my control
Tell me how to know to trust you with my body and my soul
Could we make it or would I find a way for you to break it?
Maybe you’re someone that I needed all along

I know I’m holding back cuz of my trauma
Somehow it got to me, so don’t get hastily
I know I should do all the things I wanna
So you tell me

Maybe, I don’t know
Have to face things that are out of my control
Tell me how to know to trust you with my body and my soul
Could we make it or would I find a way for you to break it?
Maybe you’re someone that I needed all along

If I let myself fall flat for you
Will you show me what you're feeling too?

Maybe, I don’t know
Have to face things that are out of my control
Tell me how to know to trust you with my body and my soul
Could we make it or would I find a way for you to break it?
Maybe you’re someone that I needed all along

Maybe

Playlist for 1-30-24
Monotronic - Looking Away
Holy Holy - People Change
The Snuts - Millionaires
MISSIO - Not My Fault
Nothing Rhymes With Orange - Friday Is Over
The Shop Window - I Run
Atari Pilot - Alone With Somebody
OMD - Kleptocracy
San Gabriel - Over My Shoulder
MALCOM - Subconscious
Abbey Moon - Classics
Cinders - Going Nowhere
Sitting On Stacy - Tokyo
Arcade State - Thunderstatement
Camens - Cynical
The Holy - Any Given Day

What You Might Have Missed 1-30-24  ep2-2024

Americana cover of "You're the one that I want" from Grease with Olivia Newton John.

Master - You'reTheOneThatIWant - 20231229

It's that time of year
Grab yourself a Chair
It's time to be honest
As honest as you dare
Did I take too much?
Did I give back too little?
Did everything I touch
Become poisoned in the middle?

We don't know how long
We're gonna get to sing along
I don't know where you have gone
But I'd love to see you again

It's that time of year
Tell someone you care
It's time to raise a glass 
To those you can't be there
Did I talk too much
Was I too scared to listen?
Maybe if I heard the signs
You would not be missing

We don't know how long
We're gonna get to sing along
I don't know where you have gone
But I'd love to see you again
Yes I'd love to see you again

It's that time of year
Tell someone you care
It's that time of year
Sing for those not here
It's that time of year
Grab yourself a Chair
It's that time of year
Sometimes life's not fair


It's that time of year

A locked box 
A fixed mind
A wrong turn down 
A one way street at night

A sliding door 
A girl that dissapeared
The smell of cigarettes 
And warm flat beer

Underneath it shows
There's so much to let go
Is there a place 
We can meet
To bury all our feelings

If shadows overrun 
It's the shadows we become
The embers will number none
If no one tends the flame

A choked heart
At a fixed price
A bad choice you wish 
You only made twice

A setting sun on
The joy that dissapeared
1000 different ways
To hide all we feared

Underneath it shows
There's so much to let go
Is there a place 
We can meet
To bury all our feelings

If shadows overrun 
It's the shadows we become
The embers will number none
If no one tends the flame

Underneath it shows
There's so much to let go
Is there a place 
We can meet
To bury all our feelings

If shadows overrun 
It's the shadows we become
The embers will number none
If no one tends the flame

The embers will number none
If no one tends the flame

If no one tends the flame

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We’re an indie rock band from Swindon in the UK that creates anthemic music that speaks to the human experience. We Draw inspiration from the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Daft Punk, and Oasis, to create our fusion of classic rock and modern indie sensibilities. Expect soaring melodies, driving rhythms, and lyrics that contemplate who we are, who we are to each other, and how to navigate life and love in these times.

Our songs explore themes of love, loss, and self-discovery. We want to encourage our listeners to embrace their own journeys with courage and hope.

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