Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra, the people punk songwriting venture of Dustin Hayes, in the present day declares their long-awaited album Yikes Almighty will launch on July 18 through Lauren Data. The lead single “Omfg” and accompanying music video are out now.
Of all of the methods for a cult band to rise out of a decade of silence, Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra selected to ship their followers on a real-life treasure hunt for his or her new album, Yikes Almighty. The album, a chilled existential disaster set to youngsters’s toy devices, was dubbed to a single cassette and buried in a cave within the California desert. The band launched a cryptic video that served because the treasure map, with the message “in the event you discover it, we are going to launch it.” It was present in simply 4 hours.
The inspiration for the one “Omfg” appeared in a dream. “I went to sleep below the pine timber and dreamt about sitting on my truck’s tailgate watching the ocean,” Dustin explains. “A merman rose from the ocean taking part in a easy tune on guitar, and once I awakened I recorded it onto my iPhone so I wouldn’t neglect.”
“Omfg” was written within the wake of a interval of non-public turmoil. “There was a good friend’s suicide, my folks hero had gone into exile, and I had simply run away from dwelling into the mountains,” Hayes mentioned. The stripped-down monitor accentuates emotionally uncooked lyrics with simplistic drums and toy piano.
Although Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra hasn’t launched music in over a decade, Hayes has remained energetic below their genre-defying umbrella title, Walter And so forth. When requested why the band is cut up into two identities, Dustin responded, “My life is already such a multitude, I made a decision I’d preserve including to the chaos.” It’s that cut-your-own-ear-off sincerity that fuels the wealthy lore and mythology of the Walter-verse
the Houston-born and Los Angeles-based rock artist DE’WAYNE releases the heartfelt and deeply private monitor “sundays.” This single might be on his extremely anticipated third studio album june set to be launched July 30th through Fearless Data.
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This synth-heavy, soulful tune is likely one of the most weak tracks off the report as DE’WAYNE breaks down his tumultuous albeit robust relationship together with his father.
“After I wrote this tune, I wished to clarify the sophisticated bond between a father and son. One the place love and ache, admiration, and resentment all stay aspect by aspect. It’s about seeing your father as each a hero and a human, flawed and actual. In the long run, it’s my manner of claiming; ‘Thanks, Dad—for the great and the dangerous. You helped make me who I’m,’” shares DE’WAYNE.
That is the ultimate single to come back out from his new report june which he describes as his epic rock love album. Oozing soul, intercourse, and elegance, DE’WAYNE gave this report every thing – his blood, sweat, tears, love, spirituality, and fact. It was produced with the assistance of his greatest good friend Dylan Bauld (previously flor), and the melodies got here to life with the assistance of Brandon Colbein a real songwriting murderer.
“Each tune on this report was a give up, and ‘June’ is the sunshine guiding all of it. I wished to reframe vulnerability as a superpower, not a weak spot, and use this report to indicate my evolution—not simply as an artist, however as a human being,” provides DE’WAYNE.
Donegal-based cinematic folks outfit Charles James & The Rise launch their model new single, “Huge Awake” June nineteenth, a darkly atmospheric monitor exploring the quiet torment of insomnia and are additionally proud to announce the discharge of their long-awaited self titled debut album, arriving September 2025. With their signature mix of haunting folks melodies and choral textures, the band as soon as once more delivers a deeply cinematic soundscape — this time turning their lens inward, capturing the surreal and stressed expertise of mendacity awake by the lengthy hours of the evening.
“Huge Awake” is described by frontman Charles James as “a tune concerning the house we inhabit between wake and sleep and the shortcoming to truly get to sleep. A fever dream made worse by the urgency and restlessness we expertise throughout bouts of insomnia.”
Increasing on its inspiration, James shares:
“I wrote this tune once I was struggling to sleep on a ship figuring out I needed to rise up once more to maintain watch in a few hours. The mounting frustration solely makes issues worse.”
He continues, “Lyrically, the tune explores this concept of being caught between states of consciousness and ultimately waking up uncertain as as to if you’ve slept in any respect. The change of tempo midway by is used to bolster that feeling of frustration all of us really feel as a sleepless evening runs on endlessly.”
“Huge Awake” follows a wave of vital momentum for Charles James & The Rise. In 2023, they have been named Highland Radio’s winner in Sizzling Press’ A New Native Hero competitors and have since performed phases throughout Eire and Austin, Texas, constructing a repute for evocative stay performances and immersive visuals.
Recognized for his or her intricate vocal harmonies and distinctive instrumentation in addition to their poetic lyrics, Raynes encompass Mark Race (lead vocals, electrical guitar, piano), Joe Berger (backing vocals, acoustic guitar), and Mat Charley (backing vocals, keys, synths, electrical guitar). Incorporating parts of people, rock, and chamber pop with Celtic and world music to create an entirely authentic—and tough to categorize—sound that has grow to be the British-American trio’s personal. Raynes are at present embarking on their very own headlining tour after sharing the phases with greats equivalent to Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band, The Younger Dubliners, and Yachtley Crew.
My Level Of You is a North Texas-based band mixing different rock, screamo, and twee into one thing affectionately dubbed tweemo. The band got here collectively in 2023 after crossing paths by native reveals and shared musical obsessions, forming naturally inside a tight-knit DIY scene. Originating from locations like Midland and Denton, their backgrounds formed a starvation for connection, honesty, and noise.
With influences starting from Mineral and Everybody Requested About You to Carissa’s Wierd, the band’s sound has advanced from uncooked post-hardcore roots to a extra intricate and emotionally wealthy palette. Recognized for his or her twin vocals and collaborative songwriting, they channel vulnerability, change, and private reflection into each monitor.
After a yr of refining their sound, they’ve since shared the stage with scene heroes like Tenting In Alaska and Your Arms Are My Cocoon.
multi-platinum promoting DJ, producer and worldwide sensation, HUGEL, arrives together with his newest single, “Loosen Up (Feat. Preston Harris)”. A collaboration with French-a merican producer, songwriter, singer and DJ, Dawty, that includes vocals from songbird Preston Harris, the monitor arrives as a timeless anthem on Friday, June 27, 2025 through HUGEL’s imprint, Make The Women Dance. Emphasizing the releasing and cathartic energy of music, “Loosen Up” explores one more layer of HUGEL’s sonic character. HUGEL and Dawty’s regular but refined reggaeton beat carries its compassionate lyrics, guiding listeners by his groove-filled realm. Adorned with a fascinating beat, the monitor has an undeniably danceable rhythm that’s accentuated by Harris’s angelic voice.
India Shawn returns together with her genre-bending new single and video, “Kill Change” on VANTA Music/Disney Music Group. The tune highlights India’s mesmerizing voice and weaves the story of reclaiming one’s energy. Mentioned India, “’Kill Change’” is an sudden shift, as I transfer away from the acquainted shadows of unreturned love and reclaim the facility to determine my very own destiny. It’s a tune about recognizing the potential hazard of crossing the road from buddies to lovers, and attempting to safeguard what’s actual earlier than it turns into too messy; “this might flip from a very good factor to hate, preserve it shallow for our personal sake.” “Kill Change” was written by India Shawn, Varren Wade, D’Mile, Livvy Bennett and Michael Benjamin Hunter, and was produced by D’Mile, Livvy Bennett and Michael Benjamin Hunter.
The video was directed by Anne-Sophie Bine and co-stars India Shawn with actor/musician Luke James. The clip is a labyrinthine odyssey by love, loss and the unraveling of actuality. India finds herself trapped in a shifting tapestry of her personal previous lives. As scenes collapse and identities blur, India should come to phrases with the truth that some relationships aren’t meant to final.
SORRYNOTSORRY is a Brooklyn-based psychedelic rock duo shaped by Venezuelan multi-instrumentalists Samantha Dagnino and Andrés Cottin. The venture first got here to life when Sam, returning to music after an eight-year hiatus pursuing performing, met Andrés in a recording studio in Lengthy Island Metropolis. Their bond was immediate. What began as a stay session rapidly advanced into full-blown artistic chemistry, culminating in SORRYNOTSORRY—each a band and a manifesto for sonic freedom. Their songwriting course of is fluid and intuitive, pushed by curiosity reasonably than final result. “We let the music discover us,” Sam explains, “not the opposite manner round.” Mixing fuzzy guitars, ambient textures, and mantra-like vocals, the band creates a nostalgic but forward-thinking sound rooted in play, experimentation, and emotional depth. Of their upcoming, self-produced debut album The Different Aspect, the pair channels influences like Radiohead, Khruangbin, and Tame Impala whereas crafting their very own electrifying imaginative and prescient of recent psychedelia.
French-Congolese producer/DJ KARABA has unveiled her anticipated Tides EP out now through ONErpm. The EP options beforehand launched singles ‘Surfacing’, ‘Siren’ and ‘Darkish Waters’.
Crafted as a conceptual arc, Tides flows by aquatic metaphors and submerged moods as KARABA explores themes of identification, transformation, and fluidity. Throughout its 5 tracks, the EP ripples with mystical textures, iridescent rhythms, and ancestral vocal motifs that echo throughout time and tide. From the meditative opener ‘Into The Sea’ and melodious depth of ‘Sinking’ to the sultry crescendos of ‘Surfacing’, every monitor evokes a section of submersion and emergence. The EP dives into her Afro home signature with the shadowy pulse of ‘Darkish Waters’ and hypnotic name of ‘Siren’, weaving a sonic narrative that mirrors the push and pull of emotional waves and private rebirth.
Bursting onto the pop punk scene, trxvis releases his highly-anticipated get together anthem “CRASH LANDING.” With the discharge, he unveiled a wildly entertaining music video that includes his bandmates and a rogue alien good friend.
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Harking back to the pop punk icons from the early aughts like blink-182, Sum 41, and Good Charlotte, “CRASH LANDING” is an ideal mix of nostalgia and Gen Z angst. The video was directed by Juan Flores (@sk8orjuan), recognized for his work with legends on the scene equivalent to Avril Lavigne, Convey Me The Horizon, and newer artists equivalent to jxdn, MOD SUN, and Royal and the Serpent.
trxvis shared his ideas on the brand new tune beneath:
“This tune is pure chaos in the easiest way. It’s every thing I imagined as a child dreaming about alien abductions, dialed as much as 100. It’s loud, reckless, nostalgic, and utterly unhinged. In different phrases, precisely what pop punk needs to be.”
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