BEEFCAKE Return With New Single ‘Lower Myself Down’
The London duo enter a new chapter with a punchy pop-rock single that pushes the live-band sound of Detrimentors Unwound even further.
Co-written with Happy Garden guitarist Valentine Cheesbrough, the new track sees Dora and Nuch push further towards the live-band sound explored on Detrimentors Unwound. Shoegaze textures sit alongside an immediate pop-rock guitar riff, with James Parker of Laurie Wright and Something or Other providing drums.
The track shifts gears for its bridge, moving briefly into jazz-pop territory before returning to its heavier foundations. Production comes from The Rising Sun Collective founder Scott Bowley, while James Rand, whose credits include Sega Bodega, Shygirl, Beatrice Dillon and Erika de Casier, handled the mix.
‘Lower Myself Down’ also continues BEEFCAKE’s close relationship between music and visual art. Its accompanying video, directed by the duo’s visual artist Nuch, takes place in BEEFCAKE’s own interpretation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and is set to premiere on 28 August.
The duo celebrated the single earlier this month with an Alice in Wonderland-themed show at The Waiting Room in London.
The release arrives as BEEFCAKE begin moving into the next stage of a project that has increasingly expanded beyond its original recordings. Last week also saw the surprise arrival of a special-edition CD of Detrimentors, bringing together the original studio EP and the live Detrimentors Unwound versions of its tracks.
BEEFCAKE first emerged in 2024 with debut single ‘Angel Food’. Formed by Dora and Nuch after meeting at The BRIT School, the project combines Dora’s classically trained vocals and songwriting with Nuch’s visual work. Their influences stretch from Björk, FKA twigs and David Bowie to Vocaloid, Japanese alternative fashion, literature and the natural world.
That combination has remained central to BEEFCAKE as the duo have developed their own colourful and increasingly strange universe around the music.
‘Lower Myself Down’ is out now, with its official video arriving on 28 August.
