London indie-pop four-piece daydreamers have released their debut album Have You Tried Screaming? and it’s already shaping up to be one of those records that quietly defines a season.
Over eleven tracks, the band explores themes of growing up, falling apart, finding your people and learning that vulnerability can be a strength rather than something to hide. It’s an album about falling apart and stitching yourself back together with whatever scraps of hope you can find. Self‑described as “sad euphoria,” Have You Tried Screaming? is tailor‑made for this sticky, shimmering summer.
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The title track eases into the record with a slow-burn softness . It’s an introduction that doesn’t rush, instead letting the band’s indie‑pop sensibilities bloom gradually. That tenderness finds its full expression later on ‘Saviour’, one of the album’s undeniable standouts. It’s the soundtrack to a melancholic walk home from your situationship’s flat, headphones in, streetlights blurring, the kind of song that makes you feel both held and hollow. It’s summer distilled into three minutes.
Another highlight, ‘She Is A Time I’m Living In’, leans into a rockier edge. It’s a love song, but not a naive one; it’s tender in the way real affection is tender, aware of its own fragility.
Previous single ‘Start Living’ arrives as the album’s rallying cry. Lead singer Riley describes writing it out of sheer exhaustion: “I wrote ‘Start Living’ because I was so fed up with it all and just getting bored of trying to fix myself all the time, so ‘Start Living’ became a message to myself to leave what isn’t useful to me behind, and just enjoy life whilst it’s happening.” It’s a song that throws its hands up and says fuck it, choosing joy not because life is easy but because you’re tired of waiting for it to be. It captures the exact emotional climate of being young right now: overstimulated but still stubbornly hopeful.
Have You Tried Screaming? is an album that understands the strange contradictions of youth – how you can feel invincible and terrified at the same time, how heartbreak can feel cinematic. It’s a debut that invites you into the world of daydreamers, shimmering and full of feeling.
HAVE YOU TRIED SCREAMING? OUT NOW.
Words by
Marie Müller, 2026.