Toledo made a splash with their debut album “How It Ends” in 2022. It seems that they’re ready to carry that momentum even further, with a new single “Jesus Bathroom” might just be the catchiest song you hear all month. As the year comes to a close, Dan Álvarez de Toledo and Jordan Dunn-Pilz are making sure they get in on the action before it’s all said and done—and what a way to do it. “Jesus Bathroom” is synth-driven and bubbly, arriving like a grand amalgam of dream pop and the type of indie rock we’ve known, adored and revisited over and over for the last decade. But, even then, Toledo is onto something much grander here.
The turns are punchy, the vocals are saccharine. Caught somewhere between the 1975 and Wild Pink, “Jesus Bathroom” is a perfect three-minute achievement. I’m crossing my fingers that it means a new Toledo album is on the way. The world needs it.
Released on: 2nd November 2023
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