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CHARTREUSE TALL GRASS
‘Tall Grass’ is the first new release from Chartreuse in 2020, and the first single from their upcoming EP, Keep Checking Up On Me. The track is contemplative, built on a uniquely semi-spoken vocal (with hints towards Bon Iver-style harmonisation) which builds in intensity over a delicate, hymn-like accompaniment; it’s soul music, but not as we know it. Singer Michael Wagstaff explains that the track is about “looking both out and in. It explains the world I was in when I wrote it. Sitting in a landscape of introvertism, reflection and coming out of myself to be a part of the world, really feeling the anxieties and complexities that come along with it.” It’s an intimate, textured track that’ll only become more powerful with repeat listens. -Dan Peeke
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