South West London’s indie pop trio Patience Please just dropped “Madelaine”, and it’s a straight-up sucker punch dressed in a killer melody. Forget everything you think you know about “stripped-back” – this track isn’t some whispery acoustic bore. It’s a slow-burn that proves this band has more guts and heart than most of the landfill indie clogging up the scene.
Ollie Palmer is laying it all out there. He says the song came from a “relaxed, open, and vulnerable state,” spilling his guts about his first taste of real heartbreak. You can feel it. That heady mix of confusion, hope, and despair is in the DNA of the track. Palmer’s rhythm guitar strums and drives, forming a climbing foundation that feels like waiting for a storm to break.
But don’t get it twisted, this is a BAND track. Arthur Marriott on lead guitar is the secret weapon. His work here is all about the subtle knife-twist, those “subtle string flourishes” woven through that tease you towards the climactic finale. And we have Tommy Lane on drums. You can just tell this guy provides the bone-rattling groove that’ll make this thing explode live.
“Madelaine” shows a different side of Patience Please, but it’s a side that fits them like a worn-in leather jacket. It’s got the same anthemic quality and sharp pop smarts as their previous rippers like “Wasting Time” and “Miracle,” but it’s dialed into a deeper, more personal frequency..
“Madelaine” is the perfect, gutsy lead-in to their debut EP dropping in February 2026. It tells you they’re not just about the party-starting riffs; they’ve got the songwriting depth and the raw power to stick around. The British indie scene is begging for a band with this much heart and this much snarl. Patience Please are answering the call.