Tamar Berk is a prolific indie rock musician now based in San Diego. Her 5th album in 5 years, “OCD” is due for release on 5th September and having had a good listen through it’s a great modern-retro album.

In her own words “Sonically, it’s a fuzzed-out, reverb-heavy swirl—somewhere between indie pop-rock and a fever dream.” I’d agree with that and that there’s so many layers to this album you’ll find something you hadn’t heard on probably the first 10 listens or so.

We chatted previously in the Being Independent series (still available if you scroll back through episodes), but now we talk almost exclusively about the new album…

Photo: Brandon Mosquera

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