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Cusp - Oh Man

When you lose someone, no matter how temporarily, your whole emotional world comes to a standstill, but the outside world goes on. It can be disorienting and confusing and it feels like nothing can set it right until you are reunited. This song was one of the first we started working on after the last record, We’re Trying Our Best, and the longing and loss in it really sets the tone for the whole album. 

I’ve spent some years learning how to wear my heart on my sleeve. I’m fairly certain people think vulnerability is pretty embarrassing these days, but I believe we’re all a little desperate for sincerity in this digital age of impersonal and confrontational connections. I Don’t Know When I’ll See You Again is a longing to hold onto human relationship. It’s a call to hold sacred the practice of saying I love you in the most embarrassing and open ways possible.

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A project that has been bagged and tagged for years, “The Clip” is a collection of songs from a lost time in HD lore; a time of uncertainty, vulnerability and free-wheelin’. A brunt, forward facing EP layered on a foundation of irritable energy. Join us for a trip back in time to visit younger, brattier versions of Hockey Dad as they undo The Clip and feast on the baked goods inside. 

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Combining a deep love of melody with a penchant for noise emanating from suburban garages everywhere, Sweet Nobody writes anthems for the soft-spoken, the unassuming, the overlooked, and the under appreciated. Formed in 2017 and continuing despite the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Sweet Nobody has managed to release two albums recorded and mixed by LA indie rock wizard Joel Jerome—Loud Songs for Quiet People (2017) and We’re Trying Our Best (2021)—both of which have garnered acclaim and singles featured on tv and radio. 

Their upcoming album, sees them expand on their garagey jangle pop sound to include the New Wave transfiguration of late 50s/early 60s teenage pop, post-punk tones, unabashed 80s radio power pop and it’s heartland rock intersection, the romance of shoegazey dream pop, college rock and those r&b influenced moments of 80s UK indie.

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