Tidal

tidal is what happens when the past is dragged into the future, where bittersweet recollections surface in the moments after and refuse to settle quietly. Formed around a deeply confessional core, the band moves through time as much as it moves through sound —folding memory, grief, and small personal histories into music that sits between emo, punk, and alternative rock.

Their first EP, life after (2019), was “a short record of long histories,” introducing the band through lyrics that are unflinchingly personal and often uncomfortable in their honesty. The release established the band’s early identity as music that doesn’t just reflect emotion, but archives it, with songs that feel like fragments of conversations, places, and moments that refuse to fade cleanly.

In 2022, tidal released their first full-length album, sunday’s best, which expanded on their tendency to traverse timelines. The record reads as a reflection on inheritance and distance, paying tribute to "past selves, parents who try, families that have gone, friendships true or not, and those who give us hope".

Across both releases, tidal maintains a distinct approach to songwriting — emotionally direct, structurally restless, and anchored in the idea that memory is never static. Their music doesn’t simply look back, it collides past and present in real time turning recollection into something immediate, unresolved, and alive.