Fronted by Soren Bryce, Tummyache shares new single ‘Stop, Drop, Roll’. A project that blurs the line between band and personal confession, Tummyache are a raw and enigmatic expression crafted since inception in 2018.

Tummyache have carved out a space in the DIY scenes of both the United States and the UK, resonating with listeners who feel the weight of systemic struggles and societal expectations. Bryce’s music pulls no punches; her lyrics confront issues of class, privilege, and inner conflict, inviting listeners to face the harsh realities she lays bare. Moving from Texas to the UK to learn to engineer and produce music, Soren now works alongside Pete Miles at the esteemed Middlefarm Studios in Devon.

Soren says of ‘Stop, Drop, Roll’, “Directed at big government and big corporations that further extend the general malpractice of societal attitudes, with much more directness. I feel that ‘look at your empire, stop and smell the rose’ with such a sneer. ‘Couldn’t sleep for days thanks to artificial sun’ kind of referring to both the idea of the longer working day due to artificial light becoming available, as well as the blue light of technology and it’s hand in the day to day psyche of humans.

“The final lines of the verses are directed at myself saying all I’ve done is ‘stop drop roll’ (panic, freak out, generally in a sense of there being a fire that needs to be put out) rather than organising and articulating myself against these powers as best I can. Over this is a varisped ‘news announcement’ meant to sound quite inauthentic about caring about people’s safety and well being.”