Marti Perramon's "Truck" is a spirited and sardonic splash of alt-pop

"I can't feel my face / I got too high / I pushed everyone away," Marti Perramon opens his latest single, "Truck", treading a careful line between flippancy and earnestness. So sets the scene for an impressively sardonic slice of alt-pop that dishes out its facetiousness with a sense of immediacy, and its dark honesty with a side of humour.

Perhaps bolstered by the generational approach to tackling sombre situations with a mocking levity, at just nineteen years old Perramon's music is thrillingly unanchored by the weights of life, and offers a vibrant window into young adulthood. “I might drive into a moving truck / ‘cause I’m up for the bruising / it’s better than losing trust," repeats the hook over a funk-fuelled, frivolous score.

"Truck" is an ode to "trusting nobody," Perramon explains. "The song speaks about how my trust issues affect my day to day life; relationships, friendships and even self esteem. I wrote this song at a time where my life changed thoroughly and I began to feel like people wanted to be around me for the wrong reasons. It came at a moment where I felt the most confident and least confident at the same time, which is shown through the beat switch in the song."

Born in Spain, Perramon settled in South London after his parents separated and joined the school system without knowing a word of English. Always drawing inspiration from his culture and childhood, whether his mother's love of Flamenco or a timeless infatuation with the musicianship of Ray Charles, Perramon's displacement became a strength, imbuing his songcraft with a borderless, free-spirited dynamism.

Perramon's lens on life may not be conventionally rose-tinted, but he is definitely winking behind the glasses.