VOGUES

Against a backdrop of ethereal, alt pop that blurs the analogue with the digital, East London based actor and musician Vogues uses the project as a space to explore their nonbinary identity.

Based in London, Vogues crafts reflective, atmospheric soundscapes that evoke the tension between urban isolation and fleeting moments of intimacy. Their debut release on Nothing Fancy Records, the No Songbirds EP (April 2024), combines minimalist arrangements with raw, emotive storytelling. Drawing from the post-industrial landscapes of the city, Vogues captures a sonic world that feels both distant and deeply personal - a fitting addition to the Joy of Life roster.

CAST YOUR EYES/TENDER MERCIES [SINGLE] 30th September 2025

Cast Your Eyes hit’s hard - a provacative vocal that taunts as much as it yearns over a club-med drum sequence and dive-bomb synth bass. Sequenced by Swedish hip hop producer Tommy Ringlöv and mixed by Benjamin Woods of The Golden Dregs,

Flipping the mood, Tender Mercies comes from the early hours of the morning. “You’ve been harmed by the past, but nothing ever lasts” sings Vogues in a soft near-whisper, words that cut from a voice that soothes. It’s in this song that we find the title to their forthcoming debut album, set for release on November 28th.

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TRIED/TROPHIC CASCADES [SINGLE] 26th August 2025

Following the expansive, genre-blurring introduction of Blood Moon / Cold Summer Nights (described by The Most Radicalist as “recalling queer greats from Arthur Russel to Anohni”), Vogues returns with Tried / Trophic Cascades, a double A-side that finds the project at its most vulnerable, jagged and direct.

Tried is a mantra of self-doubt and defiance, looping like a thought stuck in your head after an argument. Over a driving, minimalist beat and sharp, spiralling synths, Vogues’ voice probes the friction between potential and performance: “Maybe I could’ve tried a little harder / Maybe I could’ve been a bit smarter.” Equal parts tongue-in-cheek and sincere, it’s a tightly wound post-pop confession of ambition, regret, and the quiet, aching hunger for more, culminating in a euphoric crescendo of layered vocals.

Accompanying Tried is Trophic Cascades, the early morning to Tried’s middle-of-the-night. This track opens up into something looser and more poetic, a haunted, vivid slow-burner that weaves memory, heartbreak and environmental collapse into a single disintegrating image. “It’s raining on my painting / You’re slipping from my memory,” Vogues sings, backed by spectral Prophet synthesisers, Matt Merriman’s ghostly drums, and a fierce and emotionally fraught electric guitar.
Both tracks continue to explore the personal and sonic themes of the Vogues project: identity in flux, the echoes of past selves, queer desire, and a fascination with imperfection. Produced by Benjamin Woods (The Golden Dregs) and Davy Roderick, and mastered by Mikey Young, the recordings foreground intimacy and friction contrasting polished instincts with raw instrumentation.

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BLOOD MOON/COLD SUMMER NIGHTS [SINGLE] 29th July 2025

At once anthemic and uneasy, Blood Moon opens with a glittering synth and a longing vocal that feels both devotional and doomed. It’s pop at its most grandiose and conflicted, a torch song for queer yearning and bad decisions. The result is the biggest, weirdest, and most emotionally raw Vogues release to date.

Cold Summer Nights, by contrast, pulls inward. Laced with warbling guitar, submerged keys and a vocal teetering between hushed and broken, it’s a sparse, nocturnal comedown, revisiting past selves with warmth, distance, and a hint of shame. “It’s about the weird in-between moments,” Vogues says. “Where you don’t know who you are yet, but you’re still going all in.”

Written and recorded between bedrooms, borrowed studios and late-night walks across several years, the songs showcase Vogues’ idiosyncratic process — embracing imperfection, collaging fidelity, and letting instinct lead the way. Drawing inspiration from the likes of Prefab Sprout, Bon Iver and Solange, the music is deliberately unruly, emotionally precise, and deeply felt.

Out July 29 on Joy of Life International

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