Tummyache share new Speedy Wunderground single "Circling the Drain"

The London-based indie label headed up by producer Dan Carey alongside Alexis Smith and Pierre Hall, Speedy Wunderground, celebrates its tenth birthday in 2023.

Fresh from announcing a series of events and releases in celebration of their anniversary year (including a 10-disc ‘dubs’ box set, huge Village Underground party in September), the release of the critically acclaimed debut-EP from South-London auteur Heartworms and a triumphant first trip to SXSW – the label now pulls focus back to what it originally became famous for – it’s iconic single series.

Next in line to join the prestigious SW alumni is Tummyache, the brainchild of prolific producer and singer/songwriter Soren Bryce. The project started in 2018 after Bryce decided to switch gears from a solo career to a more band focused project. Their first EP Humpday, which was released in 2019 was recorded in between Nashville and New York in a DIY fashion, and SOAK – the debut album that came out in 2022 was produced and engineered by Bryce in her parent's backyard shed with some remote help from friends on bass and drums.

Dan Carey and Pierre Hall were introduced to their music via fellow Speedy signings Honeyglaze. "It definitely feels different to anything we’ve put out on the single series previously," says Hall, "but in a good way – I feel like it occupies the same space of bits we’ve done outside of it – like Honeyglaze – or something from the Tiña album. It’s refreshing."

As for the song / recording process itself Bryce says: "I wrote "Circling the Drain" as a very tongue-in-cheek response to male music critics reviews of my album and shows, however the end is a more inward reflection on how to accept critique and fight negativity with acceptance and love, and more self-assuredness. I'm incredibly grateful for the chance to have worked with Speedy and help bring this tune to life, which we tracked live and got in the second take. I think what's special about the way Dan works is he doesn't hyper-fixate, and you as a player start to let go of the little details and just put your energy into it. I find it difficult to be on the other side of the mixing desk, but I trust Dan wholeheartedly after this experience, for sure.’