“Tide”, the latest offering from Australian trio daste., is liquid seduction, a slow, intoxicating drift into warmth and weightlessness. It carries the easy sensuality of R&B, the soft pulse of electronic beats, and the dreamy allure of alt-pop, merging them all into something that feels like a stolen moment, a late-night whisper, a current pulling you in.
The song moves like water—fluid, effortless, impossible to hold but impossible to ignore. The first minute is a slow inhale, breezing past in hushed tones, until the electronic-infused vocals arrive and everything shifts. There’s a magnetism in the way the melodies coil around the rhythm, in the way the voice—both intimate and distant—draws you closer without ever needing to shout. It’s music that makes you lean in, that makes you want to lean in. As Callum MacDonald of daste. explains, “There’s a pull toward exploring new spaces—both physically and emotionally, to rediscover clarity.” But clarity here feels less like a destination and more like a sensation—one that lingers long after the music fades.
With their upcoming album “dasteWORLD”. arriving February 19th, “Tide” is the final teaser, and it’s a seductive promise of what’s to come. It’s intelligent, effortlessly smooth, and utterly captivating—music made for half-lit rooms and unspoken desires. If this is the tide, we’re surrendering to it.
About daste.:
Australian trio daste. (Callum, Braxton & Tyler) craft music that exists in the in-between—somewhere between indie-pop, R&B, and electronic soul, between night and morning, between desire and dream. With a sound reminiscent of LEISURE, Easy Life, and Jungle, they create songs that don’t just play, but move—slow, deliberate, and impossible to forget.
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