DC rock ensemble, Dear Daria, channels our collective pandemic-induced existential dread and musings on new EP, Solastalgia

Solastalgia is the six song follow-up to Dear Daria’s debut album, Can I Be Frank? Engineered and mixed by Mark Reiter at BIAS Studios in Northern Virginia, Solastalgia, will undoubtedly warrant repeat listens.

“Tino” and “Empire” are bonafide pop anthems that have been big crowd pleasers at the band’s live shows. The former describes the archetypal flakey friend who makes a lot of promises but rarely follows through, while the latter is an homage to the mid-90s cult classic, Empire Records. The EP’s other four tracks are more cerebral post-pandemic reflections. “On the Inside” explores how lockdown-induced depression made even the most simple and mundane of tasks feel daunting and impossible. “Avalanche” is a reaction to the skepticism of science and rejection of truth and fact that proliferated throughout the pandemic. “Cabin Fever” is a manic, frenzied study of what can happen to people when you keep them cooped up inside by themselves for too long, and “Making a Dying” is a somber, but hopeful closer that asks the listener a simple, but profound question: can we really call it “making a living” if we have to work until we die? And could there perhaps be a different path we could take?

Dear Daria is composed of DC music veterans Maryjo Mattea, Joshua Hunter, Eamonn Donnelly, and Dan ABH. The band writes storyteller songs about angst, love, mental health and depression, and a longing for the world to be the kind of safe and accepting place we all wished we lived in. The band’s spirit is informed by a post-modern mosaic of pop-culture references. Musically, Dear Daria is a brightly-colored swirl of power pop, indie rock, alt-rock, and pop punk.

Modern Mystery Blog called the band “the perfect purveyors of tuneful heart-on-sleeve alt-rock”, and KMS Reviews said, “You gotta love this retro-soaked handmade honesty…it’s a sound that you can dance, sing along, and get addicted to while learning a life lesson.” Guitarist Joshua Hunter discovered the term “solastalgia”, which combines the Latin words for “home” and “pain/suffering”. Philosopher Glenn Albrecht coined the term and defines it as "the homesickness you have when you are still at home" when your home environment is changing in ways you find distressing. “It feels like we accidentally made a concept album,” says Hunter, and “solastalgia” summed up its ethos perfectly.

Making a Dying

Cabin Fever

Avalanche

Empire

On the Inside

Tino

Matt Arbogast of The Gunshy joins host Jason Schreurs to talk about being accepted into the punk scene at an early age and how it accepted him without judgement. This acceptance gave Matt the freedom to explore his music on his own terms. Although he doesn't play traditional punk, instead leaning into the Americana/folk world, Matt will always consider the DIY/punk scene to be his home. 

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Featured song clips:
The Gunshy - "The Black Tie Dinners and the War Machines" from Hurricane Umbrellas (Sleep Recordings, 2025)
Descendents - "I'm the One" from Everything Sucks (Epitaph Records, 1997)
Alkaline Trio - "Cringe" from Past Live DVD (Heart & Skull Records, 2018)
The Gunshy - "Future Cars on Former Roads" from Hurricane Umbrellas (Sleep Recordings, 2025)

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Episode 123: Matt Arbogast of The Gunshy on finding supportive community

[Verse 1]
Haven’t you seen them - walking through the void,
Eyes burned out, turned to remnants of days?
The streets are breathing sorrow and decay,
And yet you scroll, and look the other way.

[Pre-Chorus]
You call it life - I call it absence,
A thousand faces drowned in blind obedience.

[Chorus]
Haven’t you seen them - broken inside?
The empty mass with nowhere to hide.
You feed the dark, you call it peace,
But tell me - when did the feeling cease?

[Verse 2]
Haven’t you seen them - standing in the rain,
No pulse left, just echoes of pain?
They stare through air, they stare through walls,
And still you praise your empty calls.

[Bridge - Breakdown]
Haven’t you seen the light fade slow?
Haven’t you felt the undertow?
They’re slipping below, one by one -
And still you call it living, son.

[Final Chorus / Outro]
Haven’t you seen them - eyes to the ground,
Souls erased without a sound?
Haven’t you heard the mourning hum -
The silence where we’ve all gone numb?
(Haven’t you seen them... seen them... seen them?)

Haven’t You Seen Them..?

Some of us aren't feeling like celebrating this year.  We have lost loved ones, or jobs and we're just not feeling it.  For some of us it's just too difficult this year.

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Lyrics/Production: AA

I'm Not Feeling It This Year

невзаимнаялюбовькглупостедепрессия

Some days I just get sad and don't want to be here. Wrote this song about how Suicidality feels.(prod. eeryskies) 


Suicidal (prod. eeryskies)

در درونم جنگی آرام جریان دارد؛ میان آن بخشی که می‌خواهد رها کند، و آن بخشی که هنوز باور دارد چیزی مقدس برای ادامه دادن باقی مانده است.

Dyaloom - Zolf

Lyrics:

I have a lot of things I wanna say
First of all, I think that this is going great
You give me all the love that I could ever ask
But frankly, I don't see how this could ever last

I'm insecure as hell, and quite a mess
It's been running in my mind that all I am's a test
I can't get these thoughts out of my mind
I'll go ahead and ask you just to save some time

If I could not love myself the way I love you
Would you leave me, too, out of the blue?
If I were broken, beaten, and scarred without you
Would you be there for me, holding me like you do?
All these voices tell me that you won't stay
I don't wanna be there when you run away
If I could not love myself the way I love you
Would you leave me, too, out of the blue?

I love you
And I don't want to lose you
I trust you
But I don't trust myself with the truth

If I could not love myself the way I love you
Would you leave me, too, out of the blue?
If I were broken, beaten, and scarred without you
Would you be there for me, holding me like you do?
All these voices tell me that you won't stay
I don't wanna be there when you run away
If I could not love myself the way I love you
Would you leave me, too, out of the blue?

what it feels like to be insecure. (Prod. peril)

Forget me

Ein emotionaler Song über Depression, Einsamkeit, dem inneren Konflikt zwischen Nähe und Distanz und dem Kampf, trotz Dunkelheit weiterzumachen.

Der schwarze Mantel

Don't wanna die – Ghxstly

Official Lyrics Video from Ghxstly
(Prod RayBeatz)  

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Don't wanna die – Ghxstly (Prod RayBeatz)

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Просто правда

Just a guy with a voice. If my music speaks to you, that means the world to me

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What do a goth kid, an indie rocker, a vinyl addict, and a Beatlemaniac have in common? Apparently, a lot of Wayne’s World jokes.

Washington, DC-based four-piece Dear Daria writes storyteller songs about angst, love, social commentary, mental health, and a longing for the world to be the kind of safe and accepting place we all wished we lived in. The band’s spirit is informed by a post-modern mosaic of cultural references. Musically, Dear Daria is a brightly-colored swirl of power pop, indie rock, alt-rock, and pop punk. Frontwoman Maryjo Mattea says “it's like if Lennon and McCartney grew up in the 90s”. Composed of long-time DC music mainstays Maryjo Mattea, Joshua Hunter, Eamonn Donnelly, and Dan ABH, Dear Daria has been favorably compared to Paramore, Rilo Kiley, and The Donnas.

New tracks tagged #Depression