Lal Tuna - "Television Forever"

Photo by Aleksa Haluszczak

Lal Tuna left Istanbul at the age of eighteen to avoid self-censoring her music, and has resided in Bordeaux, France for the past two years. Her latest single, "Television Forever," takes inspiration from Japanese surf rock, gothic country, doom metal, and mainstream pop. What's striking about the song is how parts of it sound completely mainstream while others are about as left of center as you can get. It starts off with a dark guitar intro that leads into Lal Tuna's almost dream pop style vocals. From there the song gets both more noisy and more melodic, often at the same time. There's a ton of droning guitars and crashing drums, all held together by striking vocals. My experience listening is enjoyment that led to stopping everything I was doing to fully immerse myself in the experience and take it all in uninterrupted. If there's any justice in the world, Lal Tuna is going to be a huge international artist.

Lal Tuna says of her latest single:

"I was hospitalized on New Year's Eve, due to a serious medical accident, and was unable to breathe for days. When I found out that I would (survive, for starters) be able to talk and sing again, I realized that singing/songwriting was what I always wanted to do, and if I died right there, I would die sadly for never having put out my songs. So when I left the hospital, I started recording my old and new songs, without aiming for a big project on the horizon. My idea was, and is, to put them out without a label holding me down, with no deadlines and promises. Maybe someday it will form an album, who knows. But for now, I'm just putting out songs, every once in a while. 'Television Forever' is the first song I'm putting out on this journey, and also is the last one I wrote."

You can watch the video for "Television Forever." The single is out now on Nothing is Mine Records. For more on Lal Tuna, check out the artist on Instagram and Bandcamp.