Tempo (feat. Alona)

Aidan Rhys returns with his second single "Bad Apple" - a song that weaves cinematic melancholy with holding up the mirror and self-reflection. Layered with reverberating guitars and strings, and feathered with gorgeous vocals and sonic textures, "Bad Apple" reminds you of why you walked away from that mismatched lover who was an arrogant (insert your word choice here) whom you should have never met.

Bad Apple

Denial never sounded so good. Emmy-nominated Gabe Lopez returns with an end-of-summer queer pop bop.

“I am absolutely and without a doubt I’m almost sure… I’m over you, I’m over you.  I am definitely and entirely it’s mostly true… I’m over you, I’m over you.”

Let the happy sounds of totally kidding yourself wash away those tears from the “bright sunlight.” (Sure, sure.)

Gabe Lopez's next queer bop comes on the heels of his successful singles "High 4 U" and "Can We Do A Little More Than Talk?" Release Date: August 23, 2024.

I Am Absolutely and Without a Doubt I'm Almost Sure

"Let's Start A Fire" new song by Michael Inge. Written by Michael Inge & Damien Horne

Let's Start A Fire

Lyrics:
So can you tell me? Can you show me?
What you’re thinking? How you feelin’?
Would you come down,
Would you break them
Those walls between us that divide us?

Can you tell me? Can you show me?
What you’re thinking? How you feelin’?
Would you come down,
Would you break them
Those walls between us that divide us?

Is it real now?

Everything is changing, everything is falling
Now we don’t know each other anymore
Everything is changing, everything is falling
We’re not the same as we were before

Is it real now?
Is it real now?
Is it real now?
Is it real now?
Is it real now?
Is it real now?
Is it real now? 

Is It Real Now?

Seventeen

The Bed

Boston grit-pop trio Happy Little Clouds’ sophomore album tells a poignant story of reflection, assessment and awakening. The band’s collective experience has shaped these nine tracks on Embers, and the stories contained within, packed tightly in the band’s eclectic, melodic, and soulful post-grunge sound, offer an invitation to seek refuge, seek allyship, and attempt, both collectively and individually, to make sense of an insane world. 

The record’s title derives from a lyric in new single “Liar Fire” -- “All my body curls like embers / Up or down I’m forced to choose” – a white-hot blast of ‘70s arena-rock ambition that sets a striking tone for an album packed with definable moments.  

“We really liked the symbolism of embers because it represents an intense, ephemeral light – like life,” the band states. “While an ember burns you can’t tell which way it’s going to drift. In the song, it represents a panicked moment where you are at a crossroads in life. You either choose to give into your fear or move toward love.” 

The songs in the album follow a narrative,” the band explains. “Fresh-faced optimism, encounters various obstacles, people and life experiences. Our protagonist plumbs the depths of introspection, existentialism, and eventually a dark night of the soul. They reemerge after hitting rock bottom and sincerely ask, like The Fool in the tarot, ‘Can you help me with these questions about life, loss, and love?’” 

By Embers’ closing track, “The Water at Your Feet,” there is a reflection back at life, and Mestel sums it up perfectly: “Like a town drowned to create a reservoir with all its once relevant objects now relics of the past. We end the album looking back through all of life, both the painful and the joyful parts, all together.” 
