Across dwindling pop culture press and the social media beast that consumed it, there is a debate surrounding indie sleaze. Aging cultural commentators have turned their noses up at this revival, but if you look at the landscape of music and fashion in 2025, the careless notions of the 2000s are certainly A THING. To search for a group that embodies this revival with bravado, poise and a keen insouciance, look no further than Double Virgo.
Two thirds of fellow slacker darlings, bar italia, Jezmi Tarik Fehmi and Sam Fenton make up Double Virgo. With their latest release ‘bemused’ the duo are surprisingly spritely, pairing lo-fi major guitar progressions with chipper ‘woah oh’ gang vocals – a lighter touch than previously heard. Despite this brighter turn from the group, they are conscious to steer clear of oversentimentality, stringing us along by asking ‘can we just skip to the end cause I haven’t got the time or the will to make you mine‘.
Invoking the laid-back lull of prime Julian Casablancas but with levity and bounce, on ‘bemused’ Double Virgo go beyond the bored affectations of slacker rock. Here the duo land on something that holds fast to their aesthetic but displays true range and breadth. All of the indie but with none of the landfill.
Photo by Zanne Chaudhry
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