“After my last album “Tiny Injuries” was released in 2023, I could feel myself slowly emerging from the dark cave of grief. Some days I would feel more positive and excited about things,  but then other days I would take ten steps back and be right back there. I desperately want to change, to feel okay, and there is also a side of me that wants to hold onto the sadness. Sometimes holding onto the sadness of loss is the only thing that keeps that person around,  and I struggle with the fear of forgetting them. All the songs on "Good Times for a Change" feel like meditations on being somewhere in between the willingness to let go, and the desire to hold on... a time capsule of the internal dialogue I have with myself everyday.”  
 
xo Tamar

Bandcamp

Good Times for a Change

Book of Change

Good Impression

That's Not a Lie

Chicago

I Don't Mind

Be My Friend

Recorded by Brian Higgins
Audio Engineering by Steve Steckler at Asparagus Media Studios
Cover Art by Juliana Barnet: Horse at Standing Rock
Composed and arranged by Frederick Noad
#1 Theme by Hook
#2 Theme by de Visee
#3 Folk Theme
#4 Theme by Albinoni
Solo Duets, all guitars by Brian Higgins

4 Studies for Guitar

4 Studies For Guitar

We Are Static

First, they charm you, promise you a rose garden, a castle in the sky. You stumble, you fall. The breakdown begins: gaslighting, fear-mongering, isolation, abuse. And the beating. You know you should run. But you're alone, afraid dependent, and torn. Not everyone gets away. But this one did.

NARCISSIST

ocd is the 5th studio album by Tamar Berk 

stay close by

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"OCD"

The Ohio-bornTamar Berk first showed up on my radar in the mid-90s when she sang for the iChicago outfit Starball. Starball were a really great band and they worked with everyone from Material Issue to Steve Albini and their Holstein Park record remains one of my favorite records of the '90s. Tamar's solo output now numbers five fabulous albums like The Restless Dreams Of Youth, Good Times For A Change her new one, OCD,. Weaned on everyone from Liz Phair to the Small Faces, Berk's new album is scruffy blast of melodic indie rock that's doused in reverb put together with vulnerability and honest and coated with some of the most unforgettable choruses you'll hear all year. Now based in San Diego, Berk is on a creative tear, which actuall ties into her new album's title. The compulsive need to create--and this is something I think most artists understand--can bring on a version of OCD that can inform the work, sure, but it can also be a nagging voice that relies on patterns to be silenced. We talk about all of that, and so much more; she's real and honest and funny and sharp and you're going to love her.



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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0457: Tamar Berk

Originally aired 22 October 2025 
KKSM Palomar College Radio
San Diego, California

Not So Serious Radio hosted by DJ Roob

Playlist (*San Diego artists)

1. “my turn will come” > Tamar Berk*
2. “Storm Bird” > Shane Hall* & Tavana
3. “Vampiress” > Chorduroy*
4. “Good Luck” > Sands*
5. “Don’t Think” > Blair Gun*

Pacific View Session
6. “Told You So” (Live) > The Film Company*
7. “Death Letter” (Live) > The Film Company*
8. “Lights” (Live) > The Film Company*
9. “Anyone Can Cook” (Live) > The Film Company*
10. “Starving Artists and the Holy Ghost” (Live) > The Film Company*
11. “I Love Kittens” (Live) > The Film Company*

Background track
“The One To Wait” (instrumental) > CCFX

Programming may contain explicit content

NSSR 2025.10.22- San Diego music scene; The Film Company Pacific View Session

Tamar Berk is a songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist who crafts emotionally raw indie rock and power-pop gems. Her songs dig into identity, nostalgia, and self-reflection—wrapped in catchy melodies and lo-fi sparkle. Her fifth studio album ocd drops September 5, with the first single and video out August 8.

Be My Friend

Tamar Berk

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