Thyla share new single
Single release: Out now
More info: Thyla’s Facebook page
Praise for Thyla
"Widescreen pop" - Brooklyn Vegan
"Really great" - Dork
"A viable threat to inherit the UK’s indie crown" - The Line of Best Fit
"Positively sublime" - Paste
"Post-grunge grittiness and fantastical, soaring pop” - Stereogum
“A potent concoction of dream pop and grunge” - Upset
THYLA make a triumphant return today with huge new single “Fade”. Given its debut on BBC Radio 1 last night by Jack Saunders, in his coveted “Next Wave” feature, who said "you need to get back on this band and understand how good they are."
“Fade” arrives from Thyla with the wind of this year’s latest EP “Everything At Once” still in their sails. They have never been ones to shirk their responsibility as artists and through the course of that latest release they addressed the emotional upheaval of family illness, the mundanities of juggling day jobs, and the difficulties of navigating the ever-present anxiety of the modern-age. Their music seeks to wrestle strength from adversity, challenge expectation, and stand up for true art. In “Fade” they bask in the glow of yet another shimmering, heavy pop behemoth.
Gleaning inspiration from everyday human experience – and blurring the lines of the personal and the fictional – Thyla play as voyeurs and interpreters, careful not to attach themselves to one singular ideology. Their music is a playground for the shared experience, a place for art that doesn’t preach, or claim to have all of the answers. Instead their work exists as signposts to emotional moments in time, channeling the chaos of modernity into a sanctuary built from balance and nuance, influenced by the disparate worlds of everything from Kate Bush to My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields.
Lead singer Millie Duthie offers these thoughts on the track: “As you grow up you realise things aren’t as they seem. The more you learn the more you realise you have to learn, and it can be a really painful experience taking off the blinkers of your youth. It’s hard to come to terms with the fact that a lot of your drive is based on a hedonistic attitude. Fade’s about waking up to some ugly truths about your personal life and development. How strong are your relationships really and where are you headed if you stay on this trajectory?”
LISTEN TO “FADE” ON SOUNDCLOUD HERE
LISTEN TO "FADE" ON STREAMING SERVICES HERE
Thyla - "Fade" artwork | Download image HERE
More about Thyla
Often found between the bric-a-brac and neon glow of their favourite Brighton drinking and planning den The Bee’s Mouth, as Thyla, Millie Duthie (vocals), Dan Hole (bass), Danny Southwell (drums) and Mitch Duce (guitar) find comfort in the sanctuary of their second home. Out of town, they craft explosive walls of sound from within a dock-side warehouse, culling and tailoring the sonic offspring with immaculate attention to detail. Kids of a musical upbringing, they eschewed the restraints of their childhood music lessons in favour of self-discovery on their own terms and through that, have honed a statement of intent that’s at times dark, but never been clearer; “Group ideology is a bad shout,” tells Millie. “You have the power to change life yourself, you can develop and take responsibility. It’s up to you.”
Putting the personal over the political, the band’s 2020 self-released EP Everything At Once stands defiant as it sees the 4-piece stoke their fire with former setbacks, the turmoil of family illness, juggling shitty day jobs, and navigating modern age induced anxiety. Their music finds strength to challenge expectation, make tough life decisions, and stand up for true art. “Our power comes from us being more united than ever,” tells Mitch. “We’ve been through so much that we rely on each other; every person’s DNA is in each song, especially now we’re doing everything ourselves.” Like their musical heroes My Bloody Valentine or Bloc Party, Thyla’s remarkable blend of vulnerability and beauty with aggression, intense volume, and distortion elegantly captures the frustrations and euphoria of their journey so far.
Whilst some artists decide who or what they are from the start and shape their music to fit, Thyla break the mould. Writing the rules as they go, music is at the front of all they do, and everything bleeds from there. “We’re playing the long game,” Millie tells, perhaps explaining why their debut album has been 5 years in the making. “Our favourite artists didn’t come from a meteoric rise, and like them we don’t want to be flash in the pan; we plan on doing this for a long time and on our own terms.”
Praised for their knack of crafting stand-out singles since the release of their debut EP What’s On Your Mind, Thyla have stormed the airwaves on BBC Radio 1 (Huw Stephens, Jack Saunders) 6 Music (Steve Lamacq), and KCRW in LA. Making the most of Millie’s duel citizenship with debut US shows at SXSW, they’ve tantalised tastemakers on both sides of the Atlantic (Stereogum’s ‘40 best new bands’, Paste’s ‘Top 7 of SXSW’, NME's ‘Essential Acts,’ Dork's 'Top Tips for 2019,’ and Pitchfork). Live, their set is a taught, aural assault having shared stages with Slaves, Rolling Blackout Coastal Fever, touring with Bass Drum of Death, and entrancing festival goers at Live at Leeds, Isle of Wight, not to mention of course, The Great Escape where they hosted and headlined their own basement guerrilla show at their beloved Bee’s Mouth.
Thyla are: Millie Duthie (vocals) | Dan Hole (bass) | Danny Southwell (drums) | Mitch Duce (guitar)
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