Painting a starry-eyed picture of liberation and romance to a backdrop of wiry, tapped guitar passages and intricate jazzy drum rolls; of the new single vocalist Bethany Forseth-Reichberg said:

“This was the first step into our new musical bubble, previously released as a demo. It has now metamorphosed into a real song, but is still a song about just driving around in a Chevrolet by the beach. Picture LA nights, sand between your toes and nothing on your mind, except that life feels pretty darn good.”

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A riveting amalgamation of sounds and influences, ‘Super Lazy Girl’ opens with a spidery guitar refrain with Bethany Forseth-Reichberg angelic voice pondering over ‘giving love a real go’, before the song explodes into its shapeshifting core section; fusing elements of buoyant indie-pop, with life-affirming dream-pop, all accompanied by the trio’s intricate math-rock/midwest emo inflected guitars and shuffling, jazz-indebted percussion.

Of the new single, Bethany said: “Love: it’s really nice, and really scary. This song feels like a bridge between the sound of the young and the slightly older Mall Girl we are now. The song is in simple terms about (the oh-so-stupid & very-2023 term) ‘situationships’ – and in more complex terms about the fear of committing to something that feels real and more sustainable than hazy nights when you’ve lost your phone and possibly some of your integrity. So, when true love suddenly comes around, how do you know that you are ready for it? I don’t think you know, just have to jump into it and stop being a lazy girl.”

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‘All I Should Have Said’ teases the trio’s second body of work, due for release in 2024 via Jansen Records. Deftly highlighting both their versatility as a unit, as well as their respective strengths as musicians in their own right (the band all moonlight in jazz and metal collectives across Oslo), ‘All I Should Have Said’ is a tantalising return.

Vocalist Bethany Forseth-Reichberg’s voice is poised and delicate, with her reflections on honesty drifting over Veslemøy Narvese’s jazz flecked percussion and Iver Armand Tandsether’s intricate math-rock-influenced guitars.

Of the new single’s lyrical inspiration, the band shared: “Have you ever felt like you should pour your heart out to someone? Strip open your soul, tell your darkest secrets and just say it all. Just shout “I REALLY, REALLY LIKE YOU” and get it out of your system? But you end up saying; nothing? It’s relatable and it’s this song in a nutshell.”

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