Batsch - Too Few by Golden Palms Records

With their new single, ‘Too Few’, Batsch have delivered another perfect example of the skewed, infectious, dreamy alt-pop they are known for. It is the first new material that Mason Le Long and Matt Rheeston have produced since the band became a duo and marks a departure in their approach to composition. Over Rheeston’s bebop-flavoured drum loop and a haunting synth refrain, Le Long’s deadpan vocal calmly depicts a protagonist losing all perspective on their own welfare, sitting right on the knife’s edge between mania and joy. In Le Long’s own words, “I was struggling with some personal issues last autumn, though clearly in denial, so I was just trying to laugh it off. The lyrics were supposed to be poking fun at my own state of mind, but it was only on reflection, listening back a few weeks later, that I actually came to terms with what I was experiencing, and how it’s reflected in the song.”