The London-based indie rock project was founded in 2015 by the lead singer Camella Agabaylan. The French-English artist described her style as “French. Goth. Punk.” during an interview with Fred Perry magazine, which has certainly influenced the band’s aesthetic.

Their Instagram account features black and white images of Agabaylan stylishly smoking a cigarette and moody portraits of the singer distorted by light reflections. She’s a fan of Lana Del Rey and credits Elliott Smith for guiding her musical self-expression.

‘Another Day’ provokes an uplifting sense of nostalgia with its youthful sound. The single would be right at home in a 90s coming-of-age soundtrack.

Agabaylan explains how the song reminisces on her past: “The track is a celebration of the friendships I had while hanging out in Hastings. It remembers the good times, reflects on how these friendships inevitably drift apart, and mourns those that we have lost along the way. The lyrics are me imagining what it would be like if I were no longer around, and about the memories that I hope we can hold onto.”

Compared to the band’s earlier work, which relays a calmer psychedelic sense of musicality, this song accesses that same dreamy, atmospheric landscape in a different way. In ‘Another Day’, Cosmic Strip have leaned further into elements of the rock genre through loud drums and big guitar.

Despite being overly formulaic, the soft vocals of Agabaylan juxtaposing the grungy guitar chords and heavy drums produces a hazy, almost ethereal sound. This is disrupted at the end with a final crescendo where the track takes an animalistic turn. The singer lets loose and shouts into the microphone as the guitar and drums swell with intensity, presenting the listener with the perfect opportunity to aggressively play their air guitar.

Cosmic Strip recently played a successful show at The Lexington in Angel, with their next live performance yet to be announced.