The new sin­gle from emerg­ing Leeds band Part-Time Mod­el cer­tain­ly caught our atten­tion. Cut Off Point exudes a cool, slinky vibe dri­ven by vocal­ist Lucy Tessier’s husky tones and Char­lie Wilber­force’s sup­ple gui­tar work. 

Lucy deliv­ers every lyric with an icy assur­ance. There’s more than a hint of Court­ney Bar­nett and Eng­lish Teacher in the shifts into spo­ken word for empha­sis, cre­at­ing a com­pelling back-and-forth that keeps you ful­ly engaged. The instru­men­ta­tion ramps up, sub­tly gath­er­ing momen­tum and cre­at­ing ten­sion.

The cut off point of the title is neat­ly explained by Lucy: “Cut Off Point’ is an extend­ed metaphor for cut­ting the imag­i­nary umbil­i­cal cord between moth­er and child when you reach adult­hood. It’s about griev­ing child­hood and reck­on­ing with a depen­den­cy that nev­er real­ly gets cut off, espe­cial­ly when all you’ve known is your par­ents’ sup­port regard­less. As a band, in recent years, we’ve all had to leave home for new cities and leav­ing our par­ents behind in the process brought this ques­tion to light.”

Part-Time Mod­el are Lucy Tessier (vocals), Rafael Mendes-Browne (bass), Char­lie Wilber­force (gui­tar) and Ben Smith (drums).

The band’s tena­cious approach to live and refined musi­cal­i­ty saw a sold-out debut head­line at Hyde Park Book Club, before going on to sell out venues in Hull, York and Sheffield. Catch the band while you can still see them in an inti­mate venue:
10th Oct – Leeds ‑Hyde Park Book Club
13th Oct – Hull ‑The Polar Bear Music Club
23rd & 24th Oct – Rot­ter­dam – Left of the Dial
7th Nov – Cleethor­pes – Atlas Live – with Congratulations

Part-Time Mod­el: Cut Off Point out now via LAB Records and avail­able on all dig­i­tal plat­forms
Part-Time Mod­el: insta­gram