Tricky FM shares "Apartment", final preview of sophomore album
Tricky FM, the San Francisco-based computer-core project of Hana Freed, has shared "Apartment", the final single from the forthcoming album Twin Star Fantasy, out 29 September via Cherub Dream Records.
Freed released her debut album as Tricky FM back in 2023, using cut-up samples in Ableton to create a sound she describes as "emotional computer core". Titled Peace, Love, Unity, Rave, that album, she's said, was inspired by anger and motion, whereas Twin Star Fantasy gets its energy from relationships and the mundane. The album was inspired by The Postal Service and Imogen Heap, setting dreamy vocals to sputtering breakbeats.
"Apartment" follows "Sugar in My Drink" and "Gridlock". It arrives with a music video shot at a county fair, starring Freed as "herself" and Joy Carson as the titular "Twin Star" character. Check it out below.
Freed has shared bills with artists such as Alice Glass, Molly Nilsson, Mechatok, Otha, Spellling, Salami Rose, and Joe Louis. She's also a jewellery designer. The queer and POC-led Bay Area label releasing the album, Cherub Dream, is home to artists such as Welcome Strawberry, Christina's Trip, and Pocket Full of Crumbs.
Twin Star Fantasy is released 29 September via Cherub Dream Records
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