Based between London and Dublin, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer Tertia creates experimental but accessible avant-pop.
With inspiration that includes Boards of Canada, Billie Eilish and LCD Soundsystem, Tertia’s sound experiments eclectically. Here on the self-produced Normal Stuff, we hear a track centred around a playful, repetitive piano refrain. Tertia’s vocal coyly describes the experience of being around someone “distinctly unemotional”. With an eye roll, she notes, “You fell asleep when we were watching Grand Designs. I didn’t even get undressed.”
There is a tense frustration at play on Normal Stuff – breezy on the surface but with a palpable sense of unease beneath the surface. As Tertia questions, “Am I crazy for wanting some more of that stuff… Of that normal stuff?”, you sense a genuine curiosity as to who is at odds in this normal relationship.