carpetgarden

“shimmering and quietly depressed slacker pop” The FADER

“whimsical sonics and heartfelt anecdotes” The Line of Best Fit

“a beacon for other young queer people” Loud & Quiet |“dazzling pop” DIY

 “carpetgarden occupies a singular, solitary realm” CLASH | “carpetgarden has big main character energy” DORK 

carpetgarden (they/them) unveils the Danin Jacquay directed video for their new single ‘lonely’. It launched with The FADER who describe the clip as brining “a horror element” to the “story of a doomed romance in which both sides were pursuing things for the wrong reasons”.

It’s a stand out from their recently released WTF is even going on? EP, out now via House Anxiety - responsible for launching the careers of King Krule, Bad Boy Chiller Crew, Courtney Barnett and more.

AKA David Sweet, the Fresno, California native fuses bedroom-pop with lo-fi indie and beatsy R&B to produce an engaging, impish sound. Taken together with lyrics that tackle growing up and embracing their non-binary identity via personal anecdotes that entwine with explorations of gender dysphoria, carpetgarden has begun to resonate on a truly impactful global scale.

10s of millions of plays across streaming sites, and over 100k followers combined across Instagram and TikTok point to their relatable button-pushing persona both on record and online. Taken as a whole, the EP provides an engaging walk through their sound and sentiment, the songs providing a basis for interaction with the world physically and emotionally. 

The singles taken from the EP have certainly caused a stir. Alongside ‘lonely’,  ‘IDC’ - a Gen Z pop-punk answer to The Beach Boys, the introspective ‘mold’, the psychedelic garage-pop potion ‘da da song’ each offer a different yet cohesive insight into David’s touch and process. The modern genreless costume-switching across - and oftentimes within - songs highlights their chameleonic attitude to pop, whilst retaining a distinguishable through-line anchoring it in their world. 

Part of a burgeoning clique of buzzy West Coast artists including Sophie Meiers (RCA), and CMTEN (Warner) a spirit of community pervades carpetgarden’s approach to their music. This extends to working with producer Luca Buccellati, whose credits include Arlo Parks, HMLTD and Hazel English. 

WTF is even going on? is just carpetgarden’s 2nd EP - yet the statement of intent it makes is considerable, heralding an exciting upcoming phase for one the alt-sphere’s most intriguing propositions.