Grief Scene and the angst driven post punk indie swing of "Wedding Planner"

 

Photo by Rowan Allen  "laughing guiltily as i said something terrible"

There is something tender, complex, potent and scuffed up about "Wedding Planner" by Berlin based three piece indie rocker's Grief Scene. From the onset, with the doubled down double time churning guitar and stripped down feel the sense is raw (and wounded) combining a sort of 90's college indie radio feel with bits of 80's power pop and new wave blended in. Vocalist, guitarist, songwriter Ian Tilling (Trapped Mice, Leoprrrds) pulls the cinematic sweep back from Edinburgh, Scotland: "capturing in vivid colours the first giddy sensations of new love, disorientating and all-consuming" as bassist Sally Brown's vocal harmonies elevate the angst and Brandon Walsh's shifting drum patterns push and shove against the malleable emotional tides.

Dig the raw power here enhanced by emotional narratives spun out by enticing vocals.

-Robb Donker Curtius

Grief Scene · Wedding Planner

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Grief Scene are a three-piece indie rock band based in Berlin. They play loud, heartfelt songs about love, friendship and climate anxiety, Formed in 2020 by Ian Tilling (Trapped Mice, Leoprrrds), the band started as a solo project which saw the release of debut album Bad Times in November 2020. He was soon joined by drummer Brandon Walsh, who in turn invited his friend and bandmate Sally Brown to contribute bass and vocals. This intense musical partnership, forged on stage with Berlin bands Gurr and Plattenbau, proved the perfect foil to Tilling's breathless guitar, while Brown's soaring vocal harmonies can be heard to spine-tingling effect on singles R U Still in 2 It, Crossing Wires and Wedding Planner.

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