Tiña share video for new single & announce new UK / IRE live dates
Album release: 6th November 2020
Label: Speedy Wunderground
More info: Tiña’s Facebook Page
Today, enigmatic South London band Tiña follow up the announcement of their much-anticipated debut album ‘Positive Mental Health Music’ (out 6th November via Speedy Wunderground) with new single ‘People’. The track comes on the heels of their previous single 'Golden Rope', which was recently A-listed at BBC Radio 6 Music.
The final track on the album, 'People' is a song about the cloud that lifts following a serious bout of anxiety or depression, the lyrics celebrate solidarity and togetherness, something deeply lacking in modern England. The single's accompanying video mirrors this message of togetherness with friends of the band and members of the local community coming together and donning frontman Joshua Loftin's trademark pink cowboy hat at a skatepark.
Speaking briefly on the track, Loftin says, "The sun's going down, John Lennon and Elton John are in a small row boat together, they've just been intimate with each other and are lying down side by side, and everything is okay."
Going on to speak about the video, he says, "This video was a big collaboration of ideas and work from different people all melded into one. A big shout out to the friends & community who came out for the skatepark part of the video shoot and made it a great day."
Watch the video for 'People' here:
In addition to the new single and video, Tiña have also announced new UK / IRE live dates for 2021. Full routing is as follows:
2nd Feb – Moth Club, London - TICKETS
4th Feb – Elsewhere, Margate - TICKETS
5th Feb – Heartbreakers, Southampton - TICKETS
6th Feb – Rough Trade, Bristol - TICKETS
7th Feb – Hare & Hounds, Birmingham - TICKETS
9th Feb – Workmans Club, Dublin (IRE) - TICKETS
11th Feb – Yes Basement, Manchester - TICKETS
12th Feb – Hug and Pint, Glasgow - TICKETS
13th Feb – Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds - TICKETS
15th Feb – Prince Albert, Brighton - TICKETS
Supports TBC
'Positive Mental Health Music' will be the first ever LP to be released on tastemaker label Speedy Wunderground (Squid, Black Midi, Black Country, New Road + more).
To record the new album, the band headed back into the homely ‘Speedy’ studio with producer Dan Carey in South London. Lead singer/songwriter Joshua Loftin explains that he used the songs to “work through a mental breakdown” and the 11 track LP provides an honest and intimate portrait into this process of self-examination, covering themes of anxiety, depression, love, sex, isolation, fear and failure. Yet, ‘Positive Mental Health Music’ is anything but a difficult listen: the tracks are hook-filled, dynamic and even danceable at times. Loftin’s cooing vocals, his lyrics poetic yet slightly self-mocking, sit atop a blend of psych-pop keys, drums and guitars.
“What caught my ear was the beauty of their chord changes” says Carey, who first saw Tiña at The Bunker Club, a small, sweaty basement venue in Deptford. He hoped to capture the experience of the band live, opting to record three songs in a row as continuous pieces with an intention “to capture the mind state we experience at a gig, the way time travels and how our senses are completely distorted”.
The LP was recorded on tape for the warmth that comes with analogue recording but also to give the process a sense of ceremony and gravity, “tape is limiting, and unlike with the computer when you wipe it, it’s really gone” - this Carey believed creates a “psychology of process whereby everything recorded becomes precious”. The idea of recording-as-ritual is in keeping with the band’s ethos; Loftin referred to live performance as “ceremonial… I feel like a Shaman, hence the bright colours” – referring to the pink, felt cowboy hat and velour cycling shorts he wears at every show.
‘Positive Mental Health Music’ is an emotional and tender record, a mood reflected in the recording process says Carey, “those days we had in the studio had a distinct tone to them”. He praised Loftin’s way with words “that can touch you so directly”.
On the milestone for Speedy Wunderground Carey says, “I’m so glad this is the first record on the label, I’m really proud of it.”
‘Positive Mental Health Music’ is due out 6th November via Speedy Wunderground
Pre-order HERE.
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Full bio HERE
Video collage press shot HERE
Band collage press shot HERE (credit: Tom Delion)
Album art HERE
Tiña
‘Positive Mental Health Music’
Speedy Wunderground
6th November 2020
1. Buddha
2. Rosalina
3. I Feel Fine
4. Rooster
5. Closest Shave
6. Growing In Age
7. New Boi
8. Golden Rope
9. It’s No Use
10. Dip
11. People
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Selected press for Tiña:
"Vocalist Joshua Loftin calls to mind the similarly melodic albums by Avi Buffalo as he sings of finding energy and hope in a city that can feel stacked against anyone wanting an easy life." - The FADER
"We're tipping Tiña for world domination this year." - DIY
"An exciting year looms for Tiña." - NME
"It’s groovy, calming guitar pop done right, and Loftin’s peculiar vocals set it apart from the entire pack." - Paste
"'Dip’ grows from the textured scrawl of ‘I Feel Fine’ yet still retains that keen eye for layered atmospherics and fretful notions of the world." - So Young
"it finds them pulling from breezy indie pop, brainy art rock, and even a little shouty post-punk all in the same damn song." - Brooklyn Vegan
"Highly accessible and intrinsically unique" - The Line Of Best Fit
"both euphoric and timeless." - The Most Radicalist
+ many more...