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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 - No Matter How

Despite the known (acoustic)

Echoes Of Life

Mathew Lee Cothran & Delaney Mills - Thru The Wall (Paul Baribeau Cover)

A Heart is a Thing (demo)

cover art by diego guerrera: www.instagram.com/gogeid/
OUT NOW ON BANDCAMP: https://darktapeca.bandcamp.com/track/a-new-perspective
written, recorded, and produced by me in my dorm and bedroom back home

lyrics:

all those times we had
joking around
it was all fun and games
yet you didn’t take it that way
all I wanted to be was friends with you
yet my words had rubbed you the wrong way

and I know it was stupid of me to continue
i didn’t realize that I had hurt you
i know that we should have stopped and looked at ourselves
but our ignorance had gotten the better of us

you showed me my own flaws and carelessness
i tried to change my own ways
but it was too late
i really should have been more aware
but I realized there is  nothing I can do but go on

and now I can say that I have changed
to be more mindful of what I say and do
what matters is to listen to your feelings
and to hold no grudge against you

A New Perspective

Unreleased song from Evan's instagram livestream on April 21, 2020.

Pinegrove - Moon Mode/Give Up (Unreleased)

Noah Cavanaugh