‘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