. tommylefroyband's Tessa Mouzourakis and Wynter Bethel are “big literary nerds” who infuse their lyrics with references to ‘The Aeneid’ by Virgil and ‘Pride and Prejudice.
EP, the indie duo Tessa Mouzourakis and Wynter Bethel wage war on societal expectations of women. The 6-track project, out March 10, arrives as winter melts into spring. Despite their latest work marking an advanced creative era, the band’s ever-playful lyricism and deliberations on adolescence remain at the core of. Also present: their needlepoint focus on wresting cultural presumptions of womanhood.
Although they’ve grown in popularity, with streaming numbers in the millions, Tommy Lefroy hasn’t sacrificed the artful nature of their songwriting. Bethel and Mouzourakis are set on ensuring those who scream back their lyrics to them know they’re not alone. Relatability, between artists and audience, is particularly vital to Tommy Lefroy in the Sad Indie Girl music space.
a guitar-driven anthemic ballad, begins with: “I’ve got what it takes / And I feel nothing at all.” Living the dream of touring their own music collided with reconciling “unworthiness and disconnect.” They noteNorthern Michigan-raised Bethel and Vancouver-repping Mouzourakis first connected over a shared love of. They bridged the Atlantic gulf between L.A. and London, which separated them during the pandemic, with youthful idyllicism and impeccable harmonies.
The pair is also bonded by their self-described status as “big literary nerds.” Mouzourakis and Bethel’s soundscape is packed full of references to historical, literary, and personal anecdotes. Even the band name is a literary nom de plume; Tommy Lefory is a nod to Jane Austen’s own real-life Mr. Darcy, Thomas Langlois Lefroy. Mouzourakis also says their process is akin to English lessons in school: “deconstructing each line and peeling back the layers.
Like creative writing teachers, the pair is full of examples. On “Slick,” the line “learn how to rage before I die” refers to “The Aeneid” by Virgil. Bethel furthers on “Worst Case Kid,” a reference to Dylan Thomas’s “Altarwise by Owl Light,” with the phrase “a killer with a jaw for news”—that was taken from a heated conversation with the individual who inspired the song.
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