NYC Scene Report – Wifey, Talon, & Glom

This week’s NYC Scene Report features Wifey with a song about high school lust, Talon stopping time, and Glom having a beautiful day ruined by his cell phone.

* Brooklyn-based band Wifey remembers the days of high school crushes, and unreasonable expectations, and they’ve put all of that in their recently released single “Hundred More Cheyennes.”

The band’s founder, and frontman Teddy Grey discussed the power pop song in a statement, saying, “‘Hundred More Cheyennes’ is sung from the perspective of a sexually repressed Catholic high-schooler pleading for God to send him a girlfriend, but like most pathetic, desperate dopes, he’s very picky and particular, so he has a few requirements for his Eve-to-be. I went to Catholic school, and this song is based on real conversations I would hear at the lunch table.”

“Hundred More Cheyennes” is from Wifey’s upcoming album, Wifey Material, which is due out September 26th, and you can check out the playfully addictive tune right here.

* Speaking of albums that will be released on September 26th, indie rockers Talon will be releasing their debut LP, titled Codes, on that date, as well, and the third single from the album is the alt-rock gem “Time Stops.”

On Instagram, the band wrote of the song, “This one cuts deep for us … We love the catharsis of playing it at our shows. Hope you love it too xx.”

I think we’ve all heard the axiom that time stops for no man (except for Zack Morris, who could do it anytime he wanted to on Saved by the Bell), and I think that’s very apropos here, as I can’t stop playing “Time Stops.”

Check out the video, and I bet you’ll be giving it repeat plays, as well!

* Brooklyn-based artist Glom recently signed with Nettwerk Music Group, and in celebration of this he released a new single titled “Glass.”

Discussing the inspiration for the song in a statement, Glom said, “‘Glass’ is a song about momentary bliss being overshadowed by debilitating anxiety. I spent a lot of time with my girlfriend at the beach in 2020 and 2021. On one of these beach trips, she spent the whole time rummaging through the sand in search of sea glass. The sight of watching her methodically procure and stack these beautiful pieces of time-worn relics was marred by calls and text messages flooding my phone informing me that something was going wrong at the store where I work. I was taken out of the moment despite my attempts to resist.”

There are times we all wish we could tell our phones to shut up, and while Glom couldn’t on that particular day, he turned his bliss-broken beach day into a great indie pop song, and fun music video. It may not have been the win he originally wanted for himself, but it’s certainly a win for listeners.

For more of the best of NYC’s indie music scene, come back next Wednesday, and check out the archives for previous columns.