Cream with a K is haunted by the fuzzy charm of "Terrible Voices"

Cutting her teeth in the Japanese entertainment industry, the woman behind the monicker, Lee Tatlock, decided to focus her efforts on crafting what would become Cream with a K, her first project to be entirely in English since she first began pursuing a career in music. Merging fuzz toned sonic influences from her native London with that of her adopted home of Tokyo, her pitched pop vocal and penchant for 90s indie rock make for perfectly balanced treat.

Recently described as “equally parts Smashing Pumpkins and St Vincent”, Tatlock’s debut outing for her new project is the affirmative statement of what Cream with a K is all about. Her vocal is deceptive in its cutesy sweetness, reciting a smattering of fleeting thoughts and moments amidst grungey guitars and eerily kitsch Halloween synth.

“The song is about trying to escape and being constantly restricted, kinda like a never ending suffocation,” shares Tatlock. Caught in a whirlwind of emotions and experiences, the video sees Tatlock - quite literally - submerged by turmoil. “I’m quite a dreamy person so we wanted to really step out of obvious reality and decided to make it an underwater video.

"The video was directed, produced and edited in Tokyo with my friend who’s a well known fashion photographer, Fabian Parkes. I wanted a grunge, witchy, Marla Singer from Fight Club kinda vibe. Fabian knew a good location to shoot...which actually turned out to be a Japanese Love Hotel pool which had seedy glass walls (and the most suspiciously cloudy looking water) later I found out it was...apparently a pretty famous porno location. (Gag).

“Swimming never being a strong suit of mine - singing underwater is actually extremely hard (especially in suspiciously cloudy water); this was definitely one of the most challenging shoots I’ve ever done. Never the less, it was a really fun video to make as it was so different to my previous experiences in JPOP. In the past I was always shot so smooth, cute and pretty. Everything was sugar-coated and it never looked like me. I love the way in this video I look so rough, harsh and real. I think Fabian really has a great eye in capturing raw emotional beauty and framing it artistically."