TAMS/N OTWAY’s “Wallow” kicks off with bird sounds she recorded and turned into beats, it’s beautiful. The Melbourne artist knows how to build a song, starting quiet and personal before exploding into something you’ll want to blast with the windows down.
Her voice does all the heavy lifting here, switching between fragile and fierce and the backstory matters too, written during lockdown when a bird kept tapping her window, “Wallow” turns cabin fever into catharsis. You can hear the frustration and the breakthrough in equal measure, especially when that saxophone hits near the end and suddenly everything clicks.
TAMS/N produced this herself, which explains why it sounds so personal and unfiltered. She’s clearly figured out her lane, dramatic without being over the top, vulnerable without being precious. The track sits somewhere between Chappell Roan’s boldness and Lana Del Rey’s moodiness.
This is the kind of song that gets stuck in your head for days, and you definitely need to follow TAMS/N OTWAY on Instagram to catch everything she’s working on because this girl is going places fast.
