Dancing In Tongues have released ‘Petri Dish‘, the lead single from their four-track ‘Petri Dish‘ EP, which lands July 3. The Brooklyn-based duo, interdisciplinary artist and vocalist Sarah Martin-Nuss plus drummer and producer David Nuss, have spent years carving out immersive sonic spaces where raw vulnerability sits right alongside abstraction. Written and produced in Berlin with Lucas Herweg, known as LLUCID, and Jacob Bergson, known as TAUT, who record jointly as Designer, the track sharpens their signature blend of ambient electronics, crystalline vocals, and fluid shape-shifting rhythms while pushing electronic indie dance and avant-pop deeper into personal terrain.
’Petri Dish‘ carries a restless, dreamlike energy, with a steady undercurrent of tension. Shimmering synths and atmospheric sounds support Sarah Martin-Nuss’s gentle, expressive vocals, while the duo’s subtle rhythms reflect ongoing emotional shifts. The song creates a space that feels both still and in motion, focused inward but also wide in scope. At its core, the track is inspired by the duo’s IVF journey, turning their experience of longing, control, and waiting into something many can relate to. It expresses the strange trust in the unknown, the mix of science and emotion, and the sense of a future that feels both close and out of reach.
Dancing In Tongues had this to say: “’Petri Dish‘ was written during IVF, an experience that revealed how quickly hope can take hold, even amid uncertainty,” the duo shares. “It was both emotionally taxing and undeniably miraculous.”
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