Name: Tamu’s Yiffing Refuge
Brand: deep tan

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

SW038

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Colour

Black

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-01-28

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Speedy Wunderground % Manata Ltd

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

Total Cap

1 / 7" / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

deep tan

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Speedy Wunderground

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<p>Speedy Wunderground is a record label founded by Dan Carey, Alexis Smith, and Pierre Hall. The label's unique approach includes recording all releases in one day at Dan's South London studio, with minimal overdubs to maintain a raw sound. Each recording will be limited to 250 7" vinyls and released as soon as possible after completion. Speedy Wunderground works quickly to minimize delays between recording and release, ensuring the records don't gather dust on shelves. At the end of each year, the label compiles that year's recordings into an album. With its fast-paced production process and commitment to quality music, Speedy Wunderground is a force to be reckoned with in the music industry.</p>

The 38th release in Speedy Wunderground’s singles series is from East London’s deep tan who consist of Wafah (vox/guitar), Celeste (bass) and Lucy (drums). Part of the city’s thriving post-punk scene, deep tan make music that draws on the traditions of postpunk and new wave but with a distinctly modern take on the genres. Their stripped-back, minimal sound is a vehicle for songs that engage with contemporary themes, from deepfake revenge pornography to quarantine drinking sessions.

Shedding the atmospherics of earlier releases in favour of a darker, more driving sound, this evolution is developed further on their most recent EP, ‘creeping speedwells’, which expanded the band’s range to include psych textures and German experimental elements.

On the provocatively titled ‘tamu’s yiffing refuge’ the band explain ‘it’s a story of furry lust. A furries convention has hit town and at an afterparty at a nearby hotel (hosted by tamu himself) there are scenes of unbridled hedonism unmatched since the days of Freddie Mercury’s legendary parties at New Orleans’ Fairmont Hotel. The track was recorded to tape at Dan Carey’s South London studio with some very welcome additions, including percussive elements, custom-built drum fortress and a mind-bending swarmatron.’

For the uninformed minority – furries are a community of people who dress up in animal costumes as a hobby who meet up IRL and online as their ‘fursonas’. All clear so far.

The resulting track is probably one of Speedy’s most stripped back affairs so far but no less compelling. Taut, seductive and enthralling – it channels legendary indie heroes like The Slits, Young Marble Giants and The Raincoats with influences from contemporaries and peers like Jessica Winter and Dry Cleaning to create something that is undeniably their own. And you can’t say fur-rer than that.

Tamu’s Yiffing Refuge

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