Tether Me to You by demleague

For fans of Willy Rodriguez, Total Wife, Car Seat Headrest, new wave, and those dreams which reveal themselves as symptoms of our most foundational desires, Tether Me to You by demleague infuses the bedroom sound with ample pop hooks to show us the sources of light in our melancholic lives. A heavy writing sensibility with slow, dramatic riffs and diary-esque lyrics paint life as stagnation, leaving us on an empty train platform struggling to learn where we came from and where we’re headed. The shimmery synths of new wave flutter into this distorted swamp, giving additional shape to these tracks and introducing positivity to this otherwise alienating, anxious scene. When we make music and form communities with others who do the same, our lonely train platform fills with life, giving us momentary purpose and taking our minds off the indeterminate arrival of our next train. Eventually, we realize that this instant of satisfaction holds the key to our continued actualization, those bubblegum melodies infiltrating the noise to show us the radiant joy in the creation of all art.