Genre-bending French band – TAPEWORMS – have returned with a new single āIRLā, ahead of a recently announced UK tour this May.Ā
Arriving right in time for Spring, known as the season of rebirth, āIRLā is a melting pot of sparkling sounds that blend digital string sections with warped sample solos.
Following on from their debut album āFuntasticā, released in 2020, the new track sees Tapeworms build their own innovative bridge between sugary synth-pop and contorted indie. Pushing their sound in new and exciting directions, āIRLā brings a steady tempo and lush production that connotes images of surrealistic dreamlands.
The acronym for āIn Real LIfeā, a phrase born on social media to distinguish āvirtual lifeā from āreal lifeā, āIRLā was heavily inspired by Japanese light novel āHaruhi Suzumiyaā. Blending ethereal vocals with wonky pop beats, the track explores the relationship between dreams and real life and phantasm and reality.Ā
Accompanied by an official video and dazzling new imagery inspired by livecam websites and early lifecasting macro-stars such as Jennicam, āIRLāās accompanying visuals play with a variety of narratives and captures the band living out their day-to-day lives.Ā
A promising new addition to the Tapeworms catalogue, āIRLā is set to open a new chapter for the band ā one full of never-ending pop exploration.
Formed by Margot (vocals, bass, synths) and brothers Elio (drums) and Theo (guitar, synths), Tapeworms are a French band who were originally dubbed a āshoegaze revival trioā. Now exploring a wide-range of sub-genres from indie-pop to electronic to art-pop and more, the band take inspiration from day-to-day life and their songs showcase a wide variety of sounds filled with nostalgia, bittersweet recklessness and positivity,
Dubbed a band that āexudes that low-slung cool reserved for bands who look like best mates and play thick, life-affirming guitar popā by Gus of Kero Kero Bonito, the band most recently featured on āStay and Ask Me In A Different Wayā from the recent The Go! Team album āGet Up Sequences Part Twoā.
Now ready to unleash their own new music once more, Tapeworms are also heading out on a UK tour this May. Kicking off in Manchester on 4 May.
TAPEWORMS UK TOUR 2023
MAY
04 MANCHESTER Soup
05 LIVERPOOL Kazimier Stockroom
06 RAWTENSTALL The Whip & Kitten
07 BIRMINGHAM The Sunflower Lounge
08 BRISTOL Crofters Rights
09 HULL Polar Bear Music Room
10 LONDON Strongroom
13 CHELMSFORD Hot Box Live
Tickets available now here.