TTSSFU are favourites here at FUF and they have returned with “Upstairs,” a new track that hits like the moment at a party when the music fades and reality slides into the bathroom mirror. What begins as one of her more subdued compositions slowly unfurls into a heartbreak-soaked meditation, you can almost taste the cold tile, hear distant laughter leaking through the walls. It sounds simultaneously tragic and beautiful, and it lingers like a fuzzy memory of the night before.
Tamsin Stephens is known for giving us raw, reverb-soaked bedroom shoegaze but here she embraces restraint and that spare instrumentation lets her voice tremble with vulnerability; each note aches with what feels like regret and faint longing. This isn’t bombastic in the least, The emotional bruising is rendered in soft, painful strokes, inviting you to collapse into it.
Despite its quietness, “Upstairs” carries a kind of weight that speaks louder than distortion or drums ever could. It’s a sad anthem for anyone who’s ever crawled away from the noise to face themselves and positions TTSSFU not just as a genre-blender, but as a writer of intimate, tender moments.
“Upstairs” is heartbreak wrapped in hush tones and it’s one of the most affecting tracks she’s released yet. A stairwell confession after the party ends.
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