Tapeworms
Genre-bending French band Tapeworms return with a new single “IRL”, ahead of recently announced UK tour this May.
Having released their debut album Funtastic in 2020, new single IRL marks a new chapter for the band comprised of Margot (vocals, bass, synths) and brothers Elio (drums) and Theo (guitar, synths), developing their exploration of a wide-range of sub-genres from indie-pop to electronic to art-pop and more, taking inspiration from day-to-day life with sounds filled with nostalgia, bittersweet recklessness and positivity.
The acronym for ‘In Real LIfe’, a phrase born on social media to distinguish ‘virtual life’ from ‘real life’, ‘IRL’ was heavily inspired by Japanese light novel ‘Haruhi Suzumiya’. Blending ethereal vocals with wonky pop beats, the track explores the relationship between dreams and real life and phantasm and reality.
Accompanied by an official video and dazzling new imagery inspired by livecam websites and early lifecasting macro-stars such as Jennicam, “IRL”’s accompanying visuals play with a variety of narratives and captures the band living out their day-to-day lives.
Tapeworms Live
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.
