2026 One To Watch: Todd Modern's hazy and heartfelt 'Overgrown' is OUT NOW

todd modern releases Overgrown - a hazy, heartfelt reflection on time, memory and the strange pull of nostalgia

Built around overdriven guitars and lyrics spun from strands of half-remembered imagery, Liverpool-via-Cumbria DIY slacker-rock virtuoso, todd modern’s latest single, Overgrown flicks the ‘go!’ switch for one of indie guitar music’s ones to watch in 2026. Unfolding like a quiet walk through almost forgotten places, the track leans into nostalgia with cut-and-paste charm and restrained energy, arriving loose at the edges and laden with sentiment.

Following recent support from Far Out Magazine, God Is In The TV, BBC Introducing and a growing supplementary wave of tastemaker interest, modern’s new, drifting and dreamlike single about time passing and what we leave behind, joins previous singles, Break The Glass, Yyours and TV in soundtracking the songwriter’s emergence.

With each new release further clarifying modern’s vision and musical identity, Overgrown evokes the textural melancholy of inspirational artists such as Alex G, Sparklehorse and early Beck. Melodies are formed and encouraged to drift and decay, guitars hum beneath the surface, and the repeated choral refrain lands like a mantra: “I’m overgrown.”

Like his recent singles, the track holds that same emotional undertones. Personal yet universal. Balancing observational sincerity with a cool, lo-fi rawness. It’s introspective songwriting for late nights, quiet days and the indefinable spaces in between.

Having made 2025 his year of emergence, seeking out festival and small stage shows including the Sea Power-supported Krankenhaus festival last August, plus support slots alongside esteemed peers such as Modern Nature and Babyshambles, todd continues to shape his sound with an engrained DIY ethic.