02 December 2022 - 0 Comments

Tarn PK is a Wellington, New Zealand based artist, producer and songwriter.

Having released two EP’s, Fantasy (2019) and Monarch (2021), Tarn is looking to explore new sonic worlds and develop a distinctive style, setting him apart from the surrounding landscape. Tarn has gained over 1.2 million streams on Spotify, through Talk To You landing on New Music Friday playlists, while Cheap Ecstasy has gained over 550,000 streams and been picked up by U-NXT (a Universal Music subsidiary). Tarn also appears on global Apple Music playlists.

Having focused on stripped back songs in his last EP, Tarn has developed his next EP by incorporating elements of hyper pop, alt pop and more left of centre inflections. The first single from the EP, Simple Love, played with quirky sounds, while retaining pop song writing sensibilities). Released on 2 December, Petty is the second single from this project. The full EP Sugarcoated is out 16 December.

About Petty

“Petty was a song that started when I was driving in my car working as a delivery driver. I was listening to music and suddenly all these sparks started flying and the hook idea came to me. I quickly got my phone and recorded because it felt like something that was already a whole song in its own. I sat on this idea for a wee bit, but I kept coming back to it and so decided to try some production ideas. It took a couple of tries to formulate how it should sound but once I came across the main synth sound in the song started to fall into place.

I had a hand from NZ artist Wells* with the song arrangement and some melody ideas which pulled it all together. The last element was getting the song mixed which was a first for me, so I had the help of Eddie Johnston aka Lontalius to give the mix a fresh perspective. Now when I play the track it gives me this massive rush or energy which just feels so different from my previous music.

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