Lincoln band Televised Mind comes out swinging with their new single Obscene Scenes, a track that doesn’t dress anything up or play it safe. Written by frontman Ste Walker during lockdown, the song digs into the frustration of online dating—the emptiness, the fakes, and the weird theatre of modern connection. It’s brutally honest, sometimes ridiculous, and fully aware of the absurdity it’s calling out.
The track opens with a ticking timebomb sound effect that runs under a jagged, tight guitar riff—setting the tone for a song about slow-burn disillusionment. If you’ve ever sat across from someone who looked nothing like their profile, or had a conversation so fake you wanted to throw your phone, Obscene Scenes will hit home. Ste said the chords were lifted straight from Golden Lion by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and the whole track spilled out in one go. That off-the-cuff energy is clear: it sounds like someone saying exactly what they mean without worrying about whether it’s too much.
Recorded at Willow Lake Studio in Preston with Tayte Nickols (MPG Breakthrough Producer of the Year), the production leans into the discomfort. It doesn’t try to smooth things over. It’s tense, dry, a bit grimy—just like the subject matter. The whole thing lands as part commentary, part catharsis, with enough cheek to make it fun even when it’s digging into awkward truths.
Televised Mind isn’t here to fix anything or make it prettier. They’re just calling it what it is. And in an age where people filter everything: faces, feelings, motives—that’s rare.
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