The Itch (Simon Tyrie & Georgia Hardy) share their first new music of 2025 with the double A-side of ‘The Influencer’ and ‘Co-Conspirator’, marking their inaugural release with Fiction Records/I OH YOU.
The two companion tracks twist and reform identical audio stems to create warped sibling compositions. Using the same drums and bass and mangling vocals into new melodic hooks, ‘Co-Conspirator’ mutates ‘The Influencer’s‘ DNA into a shadow version remixed for club culture, sharing the same key, lyrical themes and audio. In keeping with the theme of reimagining shared base materials, the accompanying videos for both ‘The Influencer’ and ‘Co-Conspirator’ see the same room shot in different states. The former gives dancer Joshua Hubbard free rein of a vacant venue, while the visualiser for ‘Co-Conspirator’ collates footage from a club night which The Itch hosted in the same venue the previous week.
This double A-side, the duo’s second release, arrives a year to the month after The Itch first announced themselves with the metamorphic debut single ‘Ursula’. Since the debut release, Simon and Georgia were spending the year preparing for lead roles in a Dutch arthouse film that got shelved when the producer went bankrupt, before Fiction Records (The Cure, Kae Tempest) and I OH YOU (Confidence Man, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever) tracked the duo down to sign them on a collaborative deal.
Steering the project are Georgia Hardy and Simon Tyrie. After meeting as teenagers at an open mic night, the two swapped music recommendations online, exposing each other to new genres and a collaborative relationship blossomed. They learnt to DJ and put on club nights in their hometown before moving to London where they began writing, recording and producing music themselves in their makeshift home studio, leading them to develop a style that’s uniquely their own.
The Itch Live Dates
May
3 – Wanderlust Festival, Southampton
13 – The Garage, London (w/ Preoccupations)
June
6 – The Castle, Luton
12 – Corsica Studios, London
For more information on The Itch please check their instagram and website.