{"id":136512,"date":"2025-08-11T08:48:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T08:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/136512\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T08:48:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T08:48:15","slug":"brooklyn-upstarts-tetchy-push-the-emotional-boundaries-of-pop-punk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/136512\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn upstarts Tetchy push the emotional boundaries of pop punk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tetchy are a rising Brooklyn four-piece who make dreamy, anguished pop punk, and they\u2019ve gradually matured their style over time. The band\u2019s 2019 debut single, \u201cFascist,\u201d describes being in a relationship with someone who has impossible standards, yet who also thinks, \u201cHuh, maybe that Hitler guy was just misunderstood.\u201d It checks all the pop-punk boxes, with bubblegum melodies, relationship angst, and liberal politics. Vocalist and guitarist Maggie Denning incorporates soft coos and trills that contrast with her increasingly ragged, indignant screaming, while guitarist Jesse French takes angular detours as the song hurtles toward a breakdown that feels like a bad dream falling apart. In 2020, Tetchy included the track on their first EP, Hounds.<\/p>\n

On their second EP, 2024\u2019s All in My Head (Trash Casual), Tetchy build on this pop-punk foundation with four imaginative tracks that reference 90s and 00s rock and incorporate audio samples. \u201cVoices\u201d recalls the breezy melodicism of Lemuria but throws in art-rock fretwork. \u201cHands\u201d opens with a 1988 New Year\u2019s Eve countdown, then segues into a pained confession: Denning sings of never wanting her partner to touch her again, to the extent that she\u2019d be willing to forgo touch altogether. \u201cMarried\u201d uses a nu-metal stomp to question why an emotionally immature man is getting married. (In the song\u2019s video, Denning skateboards, throws cookbooks, and pours champagne over her greasy chewing-gum-pink hair, making it clear that she sees marriage as bondage\u2014and that she\u2019s aware she\u2019s not ready for it.) On closing track \u201cPsychosomatic,\u201d a meditation on Denning\u2019s struggles with long COVID, the range of her emotional vocals makes her sound more like Evanescence\u2019s Amy Lee than a typical punk rocker. Tetchy are a high-energy group who can reflect on themselves without taking any of that too seriously. They balance their sad, dark side with humor, humility, and upbeat riffs. For their Chicago debut, they\u2019re opening for local punks Edging<\/a> at Sleeping Village, and it should be plenty of fun.<\/p>\n

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Tetchy<\/strong> Edging headline; Tetchy and Muscle open. Wed 8\/20, 9 PM, Sleeping Village<\/a>, 3734 W. Belmont, $19.57, 21+<\/p>\n

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Chicago Reader staff writer Micco Caporale (they\/them) is an award-winning journalist and Korn-fed midwesterner bouncing their way through basement shows, warehouse parties, and art galleries. <\/p>\n

They\u2019re interested in the material, social, and political circumstances that shape art and music and the subcultures associated with them. <\/p>\n

Their writing has appeared in outlets such as Nylon, Pitchfork, Buzzfeed, In These Times, Yes! Magazine, and more. <\/p>\n

When not nurturing their love affair with truth, beauty, and profanity, they can be found powerlifting. <\/p>\n

Caporale lives in Chicago. They speak English and you can reach them at mcaporale@chicagoreader.com<\/a> and follow their work on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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