Mumble Tide are a super sweet duo-come-couple who met through a Gumtree ad.
Gina Leonard put in an advert for a bassist to which cartoon-obsessed Ryan Rogers re-sponded to; “The boyfriend part was a bonus”. Together from their bedroom in Bristol, they make music that represents the freedom they feel around each other. Nothing is too cutesy, nothing is too silly, nothing is too corny - Mumble Tide is a judgement free zone. They throw together the 90s guitar-hooks of their childhood, Leonard’s sugar-sweet vo-cals and rainbow road-esque synths all the while Furbs the Furby nods approvingly from her pedestal in the room’s centre.
Snarly new single ‘Sucker’, out on Nothing Fancy records, is chaotic and endearingly vengeful, Leonard flicking the v as she sings “So long, so long, sucker” over blistering, garage-infused guitars. It follows their debut EP ‘Love Thing’ which saw Lauren Lavern, Steve Lamacq and tastemaker blogs come aboard the Mumble bandwagon.
“This one is just a super fun track we threw together. It’s about feeling confident and free and moving on (or at least trying to). It’s about throwing the baggage off your shoulders and strutting away…but also accepting that it’s not that easy”, says Leonard.
Mumble Tide is an entirely self-constructed world. They produce, make their own videos and make their own artwork. ‘Sucker’ is the party bag on entry, now go off and release your inner child.
