Beach Bunny Talk's new album “Tunnel Vision”, Tiktok fame: Interview

All Lili Trifilio needs is a break. When Beach Bunny's lead singer and songwriter found herself back in Chicago in the second half of 2023, she realized she had been touring for the past five years or so. There are so many things to do, so much to relax: the band had a full-length album before releasing a full-length album, a fierce and somewhat alienated brush with success and music industry, the pressure of touring is underway . pandemic (and getting sick while doing so).

Trifilio, 28, described her Chicago home as a recalibration period. She consumed art, reconnected with friends and family, and reintegrated into the Chicago music scene where she grew up.

Ironically, or perhaps not surprisingly, the only continuous downtime since Trifilio was the start of Beach Bunny that finally proved the foundation Tunnel Visionthe band's upcoming third album will be released on April 25.

“I'm just experiencing life,” said Trifilio. yes What makes it a record is: self-doubt, the uncertainty of dealing with the consequences of the pandemic and the world. I think all of these feelings really shine on this record. ”

Describes Trifilio Tunnel Vision As a back-to-back rock record. Album blends huge guitar riffs that debuted in 2020 Honeymoonlayered, more expensive textures starting in 2022 Emotional creatures. “We really like to do a big chorus,” Trifilio said in an understatement, “She describes the radiant hooks, crisp guitars and earworm melodies that are filled with “MR Predictable,” “Tunnel Vision,” “Tunnel Vision”, and “” tracks. ignorance. ”

Unlike most of the work so far, Tunnel Vision Take almost entirely avoiding romantic entanglements and heartbreak as the theme. Instead, Trifilio focused on introverts, writing reflective songs about mental health and anxiety in her twenties and extroverts, making her huge chorus turn socially conscious songs with “violence” and “violence” and so on. The song is about right around the corner. ”

“The microplastics in our clothes,” she sang in the former. “The waterway is slowly moving up/everything is breaking down.”

For Trifilio, Beach Bunny’s breakthrough with songs about teenagers’ romantic anxiety (like their early hit single “Cloud 9”) made a lot of sense for her position at the time. Now, she is in another place. “It’s really just a conversation with myself and then some reflection on the world,” she said. “It’s great to get out of the situation and conquer some new topics.”

Many of the most exciting moments of the band on the album come from a collaboration between Trifilio and her bandmates, guitarist Anthony Vaccaro and drummer Jon Alvarado. When Trifilio realized that her buzzing notes might become signature post-rumours on the title track, she relied on Vaccaro to translate it into the actual guitar part.

Trifilio describes the process of writing and recording Tunnel Vision As organic, what she calls a refreshing reset is a stressful experience rather than a totally enjoyable experience Emotional creaturesFor their former record label, Mom + Pop Music success Honeymoon.

“I felt pressured, the fans were less stressed, more of the music industry I was surrounded by at the time,” she said. “Looking back, I was proud of what we did. We did our best. But when we Half the co-tours we had to cancel a bunch of shows, which was a shame. Release an album that didn't have a lot of time to reflect on…I think it's about the striking look of the irons being hot, not the preparation Stuff. With this new album, everything feels like it happened in the way it was. We don’t have to take any shortcuts. Art is more important than delivery time.”

Trifilio has led her band for nearly a decade, encountering Tiktok's traps and charms early in their career. “When I started, I didn't expect it to happen,” she said. “Music is just a hobby, it became the career that is now.”

She is well aware of the requirements of becoming a rock band in the 2020s and does her best to make the internet deliver new content and the thoughtful record of her eagerness to position the Beach Bunny in her long career. In the conversation, she will talk about how the repertoire “executed” and mention “short form content” with facts, showing without fear that proficiency in social strategies and analysis is only part of the work. Still, she would be happy to get out of this part of her job if she could.

“I wish I could say I didn't think about it, and it didn't bother me,” she said. “I'm still browsing how to keep time away from social media, but still active.” She mentioned that she tried to compare herself to her past works. , not comparison with other artists. “But it's hard, if I'm totally honest.”

Another theme that Trifilio sings on her new record is an anxiety about how others think of it. She sang “Perfect” on “Pixie Cut,” another three-minute pop sugar thorn that obscures Trifilio's darkest and deepest writing. “The prisoner of your own brain.”

“A lot of talk about mental health and the darkness of the world,” the songwriter said. “But we're together.”