Prism Tats shares ‘Never Been Shy’ with DIY

Prism Tats has shared the next cut from the self-titled album, out April 15th on ANTI-.

‘Never Been Shy’ is the third track to surface from the forthcoming record, and continues to display the band’s raw intensity and sheer exhilaration. DIY described it as “a blitzing mission statement that puts the California-based musician’s ethos front and centre.”

You can listen to ‘Never Been Shy’ through DIY HERE.

Prism Tats is the drum machine-fuelled lo-fi garage-pop persona of Garrett van der Spek. The album was self-produced by van der Spek, with help from Chris Woodhouse (Ty Segall, Wild Flag, !!!) who put an extra touch of magic into the mix, resulting in the ten tight, torqueing songs that make up Prism Tats.

The album displays van der Spek’s unusual blend of rock-and-roll chops with sophisticated melodic sense (reminiscent at times of Spoon’s Britt Daniel), and combines real shades of steam and heat with comparatively-meditative reverb-laden tracks, recalling at times the ghostly throwback groove-stomp and fuzzy warmth of bands like The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Kills and The Raveonettes.

The well-travelled van der Spek, originally from Durban, South Africa, moved to Seattle as part of a university exchange programme and fell in love out there. Once he’d moved out stateside for good, he spent his time between Seattle and Los Angeles, building a repertoire for Prism Tats.

The new album is available to pre-order via ANTI- HERE

Also check out these previously released videos for Prism Tats:

Pacifist Masochist - https://youtu.be/3YKaUni9lzY

Death or Fame - https://youtu.be/cAkb6_I8_P4

Prism Tats has a set of North American Tour dates around the release of the album; dates in the UK and Europe will be announced soon.