With influences ranging from Americana to country rock, Jeremy Tuplin has a sound that wraps complexity up in simplicity. After swapping the pastel shades of his native Somerset for the bright lights of London, Jeremy has carved out a unique niche for himself, delivering a succession of releases that shimmer with a kind of lo-fi brilliance. Latest album Planet Heaven is no exception, serving up eleven hypnotic tracks that take the listener out of this world and transports them to a celestial plane.

In the annuls of rock music there’s perhaps never been an opener as aptly-tiled as ‘Old House & The Waves’. A slow builder, and one that ululates as if a sea gently caressing the shore, it washes over the listener and acts as a musical balm that’s been sent to soothe our fragmented times. It adds layers, almost imperceptibly, and before we realise we are totally submerged in Jeremy Tuplin’s world. It’s a folky experience, but not in a chunky knitted jumper kind of way, rather ‘Passing Through The Western Lagoon’ could easily be about a deserted, rugged coastline as it could a brutalist, concrete expanse. It’s typical of the duality that runs throughout this record and listening to Planet Heaven is not unlike stepping into a hall of mirrors. Take the following ‘Late To The Party’, for example; punctuating almost ambient sections with a bowel-loosening riff makes for a disorientating, startling episode (but in the nicest possible way), and one that constantly repositions the listener. The shifting sands of Planet Heaven gives things a forwards motion, a tumbleweed blown from speaker to speaker, gathering form as it traverses.

It feels as if a great deal of effort has been expended in obtaining just the right tone and timbre, and as such these songs reach deep into the listener’s psyche and resonate on some deep, primordial level. Lyrically, too, the words cut to the quick of the human condition, but as with the music, there’s a duality to these songs which render them the equivalent of a David Lynch film. Beneath beauty lies decay and beyond a thin veneer another world exists, but Planet Heaven can be enjoyed on whatever level you want; there’s depth to be mined if you wish, but it’s also perfectly feasible to enjoy tunes like ‘Transformer’ for what they are (i.e., great, great, great songs).

Planet Heaven is written and produced by Jeremy Tuplin, and it’s always a danger when an artist closely aligns themselves with their own work in such a manner, and without the impartiality distance can bring. However, there’s very little ego on display here and all the instruments have been presented on an even keel giving the whole record a unified feel meaning that when we arrive at final track ‘A Cosmic Joke’ it’s akin to reaching a destination and brings a sense of closure, yet this is one ride you’ll want to jump right back on.

• Planet Heaven is released via Trapped Animal Records on 17th October 2025.
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Track List:

1. Old House & The Waves
2. Passing Through The Western Lagoon
3. Late To The Party
4. Pigeon Song
5. angelsad
6. Black Out {interlude}
7. Transformer
8. The Planets Temporary
9. Stranger In The Garden
10. Moon Song
11. A Cosmic Joke