Brighton psych-garage outfit Oral Habit have dropped their blistering new single, “Thin Trippin,” offering the final preview of their highly anticipated debut album, A Broken Chord, which lands next week on June 12th via Falmouth indie imprint Krautpop! Records. Hot on the heels of a packed in-store show at Resident Records last night, the track is a masterclass in fuzz-drenched garage-rock that nods heavily to 90s baggy grooves. The release marks the final countdown before the band hits the road for a UK headline tour later this month, capping off a relentless wave of support from BBC 6Music, Radio X, and The Guardian.
Clocking in at a breathless, hyper-efficient two minutes, “Thin Trippin” perfectly bottles Oral Habit’s notoriously wild live energy. Recorded directly to tape in the white heat of a live take, the track brilliantly snaps between massive, ballsy garage riffs and a spiralling, hypnotic baggy breakdown before crashing back into focus. It’s a song that manages to feel incredibly sprawling and psychedelic while remaining fiercely concise, capturing a band completely in tune with their road-tested, heavy-fuzz identity.
The single arrives alongside an official music video made of behind-the-scenes footage from the album sessions, where the trio tracked the LP with producers Harry Hayes and Rory Lethbridge (of labelmates School Disco). Lyrically and structurally, frontman Charlie describes the track with his signature cryptic edge, calling it
“a trip so strong the song hypnotised itself. A sleazy groove that rolls on over until it abruptly comes undone, pulling you in and spitting you out.”
With a massive summer tour on the horizon and major tastemakers singing their praises, Oral Habit are hitting their stride at the perfect moment.
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