1st Single off the "Magna Tristi" EP set to release this fall. Nite Lite asks who you are when no one else is watching and how far you're willing to explore what you can be when given the freedom to do so.

Nite Lite

A song we wish wasn't dedicated to such tragedy, but honored to have had our boy play on right before he transcended to a realm beyond. It's the only way we knew how to broach saying goodbye.

Moonlit Sky

All the Way

Enjoy The Night

Mixed and mastered by Mike Major
Instruments engineered and recorded by Austen Moret

Find Another Girl

Heavily influenced by Garage Rock Revival of the early aughts, "Play Pretend" is sure to elicit a head bob and shoulder sway from any listener that comes its way.

Play Pretend

Mixed by Big Bad Sound
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Baby

Love is on the Way

Do you ever see someone so hilariously focused on their entertainment based career you have to stop and recognize the magnitude of hubris amidst a world that seems perpetually on the brink of extinction? No? Well, Madus does. And apparently often…

Opening with, "I wish I thought I was famous...", the latest from Madus is a playfully snide jab at the high volume of westbound transplants in search of fame and glory. It would be easy to construe the song as misplaced bitterness, but it's really just a “fascination with the power of ego that pervades the ever praised ‘Best Coast’”.

Clocking in at a total of two minutes and nineteen seconds, “Famous” keeps things short and sweet. Inspired by earlier Beatles records and other pop songs of the time, the band says they were impressed by how much could be said with so little. “Initially, there was so much I wanted to say. I had like six or seven really wordy verses... but it was coming off rude and accusatory. I found the less I said, the better the song became.”

Accompanied by B-side “Love is on the way”, “Famous” is set to release on December 11th.

Famous

In “Hey You”, Madus seduce the listener with a barrage of flattery as if sharing a night fueled by alcoholic ambition. Stumbling from bar to show to date while wooing new friends and romances can be exhausting, but it sure makes for a good time! Fuzzy guitars and a rumbling bass accompany vocal growls amidst lustful crystallization. It’s loud, silly, catchy, but above all else, fun.

Paired with B-side “Enjoy the Night”, which could have been written about the same weekend, “Hey You” is set to release on February 4th.

Hey You!

Between plumes of cigarettes, a line of people are stuck in the 10 o’clock gridlock outside a 70’s chic bar in Hollywood. Becoming increasingly restless, a couple watches the slew of scantily clad “shethens” charm their way past the line.

Rain, cold, and contemptuous women; A couple meanders through slump after slump on a bad night out. Tied together by thick bass riffs and percussive chiming guitars, SuperGroove features a lower than usual vocal register for Dugan with lyrics that tell a story. Step in, get weird, and shake hands with a night you’re pretty sure you’ve already met...

“Supergroove” is accompanied by it’s B-side, “Dirty Laundry.”

SuperGroove

It can be a struggle to genuinely enjoy oneself among a sea of people pretending they are genuinely too cool to enjoy themselves. Dirty Laundry tells a joke in the form of a song with the punchline being: “You look like a dumbass when you try and act smart.” The aggressive bite of the song’s opening guitar signals a primal response to fight through the stampede of social strutters that choose not to smile from fear of getting wrinkles.  

The song’s a joke because a lot the sincerity behind people choosing not to smile for fear of crow eyes is obviously such a bummer of a world to be in. It’s much more fun to look like an idiot and poke fun at life than it is to try and look cool and poke fun at the idiots.

“The attitude of the song comes from a very angsty place. It was inspired by a night I went out to an underground but overpriced LA bar, with friends and a girl made a point to tell me I was having too much fun while dancing.” states Dugan.

Dirty Laundry

A chimey serenade detailing the ineffable feeling that anything is possible with a renewed sense of vigor at 4am after a long night out.

MADUS

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