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Second EP Release!

Join us on our second chapter as newly found friends where we travel across our influences and explore a new creative place in our music, "Toast & Jam"! Named specifically after our weekend sessions where we would go hang out at breakfast and then head over to the garage to jam! "Chosen One" (track one) is actually the first song we wrote as a group during a Toast & Jam session and is now one of our favorites to play live.

You'll find punk rock roots and catchy bass lines with our highest energy song yet, "Chosen One". "Live for the Chase", our second track, is playful yet defiant. A fantasy told with a rebellious spirit and a deep-rooted desire for thrill and excitement. In Surya, Ruby brings us along an emotional picturesque story with a sense of honesty and authenticity. Last but certainly not least we decided to complete this EP the same way we have been ending our live shows! Quit Pining combines all of the bands influences and really wraps a bow on our journey up until this point!

Toast & Jam

"Wicked Eyes" envelops you in a hypnotic and eerie soundscape, blending dark alternative rock with mesmerizing pulsing rhythms. It draws you into a world of tension, menace, and a haunting allure. The story follows a seductive yet sinister figure, whose charm is as lethal as it is irresistible.

Wicked Eyes

"Have a Good Show" is our third EP: a journey through raw emotion, self-liberation, and heartfelt connection. From the sharp focus of righteous anger to breaking free from fear, manipulation, and stagnation, we shift into a poetic love letter to those we cherish before closing on a lighthearted anthem to our favorite daily ritual—coffee. Buckle up, it’s a ride. There's a lot happening between across four songs.

A message from Tony about why we decided to title it "Have a Good Show":

My dad was there front and center at the first live show The Hypnatwists played to the public. Sitting there with his orange OSU sunglasses I saw him bobbing his head and rocking along to our first set of Make Music Day in Salem. Within the same year I was on the phone with my mom while she was at the hospital visiting my dad and she said “oh your dad wants to tell you something”. The last thing I heard from my dad was “have a good show”.

- Tony

"Have a Good Show"

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"Mr. Man" explores modern isolation and the quiet fears that keep us disconnected. The song started with lyrics reflecting frustration with distraction and division, built on driving rhythms and punchy instrumentation to mirror that tension. The song is an undercurrent of frustration but also a call for self-awareness.

Mr. Man

A lighthearted anthem to our favorite daily ritual - coffee. Some like it cold. Some like it hot.

Coffee Buddy

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This song, while originally written and played at our first live shows, has undergone tremendous growth as it evolved and developed throughout the first year of the band into the song it is today. From a drum and bass centric intro, into sudden stop we hear Ruby take us into the story filled with tension, winding rhythms, and an explosive chorus!

Temper, Temper

“Love to Love You” is the break we all needed, a vintage inspired swing feel and a poetic love letter to those we cherish.

Love to Love You

This song envelops you in a dark, hypnotic soundscape of shadowy allure, weaving a sinister tale of obsession with a “snake of a man” whose charm is as dangerous as it is irresistible.

"Frisson," derived from the French word for "shiver," refers to a sudden, intense feeling of excitement or pleasure, often accompanied by a physical sensation like a shiver or goosebumps

Frisson

You'll find punk rock roots and catchy bass lines with our highest energy song, "Chosen One"

Chosen One

"Live for the Chase", our second track, is playful yet defiant. A fantasy told with a rebellious spirit and a deep-rooted desire for thrill and excitement.

Live for the Chase

In Hinduism, "Surya" refers to both the Sun itself and the solar deity, a major figure in the Smarta tradition, considered a source of warmth, light, and life.

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