Optics & Design bend the rules of garage rock on new single “With Fingers Bent”


Optics & Design are back with “With Fingers Bent,” a new single that squarely settles in the scuffed-up territory where alternative rock, classic rock grit, garage rock swagger, and lo-fi texture collide. It’s a track that doesn’t chase polish. It chases feeling, and that choice pays off from the first notes.

The production takes a deliberate unpolished approach, leaning on tape-hiss warmth and slightly frayed edges to do…