TYSK TYSK TASK

SAMANTHA HARTSEL: GUITAR AND VOCALS
AMY GEE: BASS
ALEX DECATO: DRUMS

TYSK TYSK TASK IS A GRUNGE TRIO FROM LOWELL, MASS. STARTING OUT AS AN INDIE FOLK BAND THAT RECEIVED FAVORABLE REVIEWS FROM THE BOSTON HERALD, WORCESTER MAGAZINE, AND VANYALAND, TYSK TYSK TASK HAS EXPLODED ONTO THE SCENE IN THE LAST YEAR WITH A NEW HEAVIER SOUND. THE BAND’S 2022 ALBUM, YOU’RE SORRY MORE, MARKED A PALPABLE RESURGENCE, WITH REVIVAL SOUNDS REFLECTING THE BAND’S EARLY 90S ALTERNATIVE ROCK INFLUENCES, INCLUDING THE JESUS LIZARD AND PJ HARVEY. THE ALBUM, RELEASED ON LOWELL’S CURSA RECORDS, CENTERED AROUND FRONTWOMAN SAMANTHA HARTSEL’S DIVORCE AND STRUGGLES AMID AN ISOLATING PANDEMIC. TYSK TYSK TASK’S MUSIC IS PART RIOT GRRRL/PART WISTFUL-MELANCHOLIC VOCAL EXPRESSIONS WHICH THE BAND BRINGS TO A HEAD WITH RAUCOUS STOPS AND STARTS AMID UNRELENTING DISTORTED GUITAR GROWLS. THE BAND, FEATURING AMY GEE ON BASS AND ALEX DECATO ON DRUMS, STILL TAKES ITS MUSIC TO A VULNERABLE PLACE, WITH 2020’S DELICATE RELEASE “LOVERS’ COVERS” RECEIVING OVER 10,000 STREAMS WORLDWIDE. ITS LATEST SINGLE “OCEAN NOW” BOASTS SIREN-LIKE WAILS OVER A PSYCH ROCK BALLAD. YOU’RE SORRY MORE WAS NAMED ALBUM OF THE YEAR BY IF IT’S TOO LOUD, AND ONE OF THE YEAR’S TOP ALBUMS BY WORCESTER MAGAZINE. THE GROUP ALSO WON CNCPT 6’S BATTLE OF THE BANDS COMPETITION DURING LAST YEAR’S LOWELL FOLK FESTIVAL.

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MUSIC AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE ON BANDCAMP:

<a href="https://tysktysktask.bandcamp.com/album/youre-sorry-more">You’re Sorry More by Tysk Tysk Task</a>