Irish-London experimental pop artist Balderdasch makes glitchy, lo-fi pop that leans into the dark and the messy. Where most hyper-digital pop feels bright and frantic, her music is fuzzed-out, brooding and delightfully wayward - think spoken word fragments and comparisons to the likes of Jockstrap or Lynks.
New single âStillness Gyratingâ encapsulates that subtle eye-twitch veneer of female rage. The drums have a new waveness, their weight dissolving into a poised, almost-creepy calm, while Balderdaschâs voice taunts over it.
Recorded between her flat and the home studio of saxophonist Pete Wareham, who added production and mixing, and mastered by Jamie Hyland of M(h)aol, the track captures the strange tension of relationships out of sync: youâre frozen, theyâre moving and nobodyâs entirely right.
âWhen someone says, âYou donât know how good we have itâ, it doesnât sound like loveâ, Balderdasch says. âIt sounds like, âYouâre unhappy, but this is all you deserveââ.
âGrowing up in Cork, repression around sex, desire and queerness followed me into adulthoodâ, she explains. âThis song is about standing on the edge of a relationship and starting to let myself give in to my own desires without shameâ.
đ§ Listen to âStillness Gyratingâ below