ethansroom evolves in additional methods than one on his catchy and cathartic “Laughing Out Loud,” a dusty, cinematic indie rock reverie about making peace with our demons and studying to let go.

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It’s about studying to snicker on the issues that used to look like the tip of the world.

We may all stand to be taught a lesson or two from ethansroom’s newest single.

Talking from a purely private perspective, the tip of the world occurs a minimum of one to 2 instances a month, the place one thing “catastrophic” will get in the best way of my life plans, and accepting my new actuality or adapting to the altering scenario feels leaps and bounds more durable than dragging my ft by way of metaphorical mud and making what some would possibly name a “scene” (I promise I’m engaged on it). It’s neither swish nor mature, however typically grace and maturity are overrated, and all of us deserve a little bit of area to vent.

That mentioned, wouldn’t it’s good if we may snicker all of it off, crack a smile and throw up our palms, shrug our shoulders, and get on with the present as a substitute? What would life be like if obstacles didn’t really feel so burdensome and overwhelming that they introduced on a meltdown, and we didn’t let the little issues get to us? “Laughing Out Loud” is a catchy and cathartic mantra price paying particular consideration to: ethansroom makes peace along with his demons in his newest single, inviting us deep into his world with a susceptible, visceral track reflection, reckoning, and shifting ahead with our lives.

It’s in all probability bizarre that I don’t hate you
Guess that implies that time has finished it’s factor
Ain’t it humorous that we’re in the identical room
Ain’t it humorous that we will be associates

Bear in mind operating out of fuel with me
Bear in mind how mad I’d get
Ain’t it humorous how the tip of the world
Crops flowers within the flower mattress
‘Trigger now I’m laughing out loud
‘Trigger now I’m laughing out loud

Atwood Journal is proud to be premiering ethansroom’s new single “Laughing Out Loud,” independently out September 13, 2023. His first single since this previous March’s Motion Film EP finds ethansroom (née Ethan Fortenberry) embracing a wholesome dose of perspective and private progress as he sings about discovering steadiness and dealing on his personal knee-jerk reactions.

“I wrote the primary verse whereas I used to be watching the Key and Peele film ‘Keanu’ with some associates one night time,” Fortenberry tells Atwood Journal. “I used to be texting an ex of mine, and I believe there was one thing in watching a comedy film whereas texting somebody you used to like that made me mild up inside. I used to like this particular person. I used to hate this particular person. Now I’m associates with this particular person. I believe these three sentences inform a larger story that lives inside all of us.”

“I wrote the remainder of the track the following day fascinated about how a lot time I’d wasted being indignant at such small stuff. I’ve by no means been good at coping with anger, and this track was the beginning of me determining my relationship with it. After I was 17 I punched a gap in my mother and father’ wall. After I was 21 I ran out of fuel with that very same ex and freaked out. I used to be actually indignant with Nashville after I wrote ‘L.O.L.’ I used to be mad at every thing for some time”

“A number of month later I made a decision to maneuver away for six months to quiet seaside city in Southern California known as Encinitas with my finest good friend Jack. One thing needed to change, and new surroundings couldn’t harm. There’s something different worldly about that place. I actually felt like by the tip of my keep there, I used to be capable of flip ‘Laughing Out Loud’ from a philosophy right into a observe. I nonetheless get mad, however the laughing half comes so much sooner as of late.”

I do know I are likely to
Suppose out loud after I’m a multitude
Ain’t it humorous in case you’re in the fitting temper
Everyone is a therapist

I bear in mind being 17
I bear in mind how mad I’d get
Ain’t it humorous how speaking issues by way of
Crops flowers within the flower mattress
‘Trigger now I’m laughing out loud…

I nonetheless get mad, however the laughing half comes so much sooner as of late.

Impressed by bands like Hovvdy, early Coldplay, and The Warfare on Medicine, “Laughing Out Loud” is a dusty, cinematic indie rock reverie.

“I by no means knew I may love making music this a lot, and this track was the begin to that,” Fortenberry smiles.

He describes this as an thrilling new chapter in his musical journey as ethansroom, a moniker he adopted for his singer/songwriter id seven years in the past. Atwood Journal has been on that journey with him alongside the best way, at instances premiering tracks, EPs, and even albums:  In premiering his self-titled sophomore LP ethansroom in 2020, Atwood‘s Oliver Criminal praised Fortenberry for combining his Andy Shauf-style songwriting abilities with the extra expansive sounds of a slowed-down MGMT. “The end result hones into what makes Ethansroom completely different out of your common bed room rockstar — it’s earnest and uncooked whereas impeccably produced,” he wrote on the time.

Produced by Jason Bennett, “Laughing Out Loud” captures one other aspect to the ever-evolving, ever-changing artistry of ethansroom. Fortenberry’s newest effort captures, at its coronary heart, a bit little bit of our shared humanity: That need to enhance who we’re and the way we work together with our world, whether or not it’s responding to unhealthy information or having an amicable relationship with an ex.

Who is aware of? This could possibly be the beginning of one thing particular for all of us, as we be taught to let go and snicker out loud. Stream ethansroom’s enchanting new single completely on Atwood Journal!

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