MIDDLER’s “Turismo” opens a slow, distorted window into cycles of escapism and emotional fatigue

Out April 16 on the band’s own label, Saturated Ideals, “Turismo” marks a significant moment for Belfast’s Middler—a band that’s been methodically carving its space since 2022. Blending shoegaze-leaning electronics with industrial noise and heavy post-punk textures, the new track doesn’t follow a verse-chorus template as much as it breathes in grey, hypnotic layers. Guitars scrape against pulsing synths. Vocals hover somewhere between resigned and defiant. Written, produced, and mixed entirely in-house, “Turismo” reflects a broader DIY ethos the band sees as central, not circumstantial. Middler built their own studio and manages their own releases. As they put it, “It’s