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TSHA links with mosh pit maestro Master Peace on new single ‘Can’t Dance’.
The producer will release new album ‘Sad Girl’ on September 27th, and it’s a broad survey of her influences. TSHA takes it to the next level, moving from surging house to soundsystem flavours, all while flexing her songwriting muscles.
New single ‘Can’t Dance’ is a superb school disco roller, the plucked guitar melody recalling those epic Craig David style R&B jewels. The beats are pure liquid DNB, reminiscent of the killer crossover cuts which dominated the Millennial charts (and TikTok in 2024, come to think of it).
The exquisite production is blended to impulsive songwriting, pieced together alongside musician and actor Raleigh Ritchie aka Jacob Anderson.
The lyrics deal with adolescent feelings – those self-conscious vibes that, deep down, never truly leave us. CLASH favourite Master Peace sits in on vocals, and it turns into a neat piece of push-and-pull over those rolling breakbeats.
“I love the lyrics, because it reminds me of school discos,” says TSHA. “The girl, the boy, wanting to dance. People trying to look too cool, and not wanting to dance, or people wanting to dance – or there’s always that one person that’s dancing crazy, they’re all over the place, and everyone’s laughing.”
“Jacob loved the song, but was like, I wrote those lyrics when I was 19, it doesn’t feel like me anymore,” explains TSHA. “So I was trying to think who else would work for the vocal, who could deliver that cheeky, British, fun vibe. I was looking through Master Peace’s stuff and I was like, I’m obsessed. This guy’s sick. I loved his attitude.”
Tune in now.
Photo Credit: Nicole Ngai, Amelia Studios
