Susceptible, visceral, and hypnotically seductive, Honeycrush’s “Stars” is an intimate haze of desperation and detachment: A soul-stirring deep dive into the artist’s innermost sanctum, revealing a haunting area of pressure and turmoil, angst and nervousness.

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Lungs all stuffed with soil and my bones they ached for you…

Honeycrush’s new single is the soundtrack to our rawest, realest fever goals.

What precisely are we doing right here? Who’re we to others – and much more importantly, who’re we to ourselves? Her tune could also be known as “Stars,” and there’s definitely one thing spacey about this tune – however whereas the artist’s head could also be up within the clouds, her toes are very a lot planted on the bottom. Susceptible, visceral, and hypnotically seductive, Honeycrush’s “Stars” is an intimate haze of desperation and detachment. It’s a soul-stirring deep dive into her innermost sanctum, revealing a haunting area of pressure and turmoil, angst and nervousness.

There’s a lot you may get away with
However I don’t thoughts
Drive my automotive far into the evening
Nicely, I don’t drive
Not anymore
Or court docket my morbid fascination with the tip
Oh, I don’t need to depart the water
Depart the water

Atwood Journal is proud to be premiering “Stars,” the second single taken off Honeycrush’s forthcoming debut EP, Milk Tooth (out October 17, 2023 through Dune Altar). The solo moniker for New York primarily based singer/songwriter Alexandra Antonopoulos, Honeycrush (previously “Honeyyycrush”) launched herself final yr as a wellspring of breathtaking poetry and visceral emotion conveyed by way of “darkly glittering soundscapes that blur the sides of alt-folk, slowcore, and grunge,” to cite the artist herself. Her first three songs “Tilt Your Head,” “Afterglow,” and “Stomach Empty” established a creative id that dwells comfortably in life’s murky depths; one that’s unapologetically susceptible and brutally sincere in every little thing she touches.

There’s a lot you may get away with, however I don’t thoughts; drive my automotive far into the evening…

Earlier this yr, Atwood Journal had the respect of premiering the artist’s fourth single “I Need It to Be Mild So They Can See We Disappeared,” which we praised as an attractive tempest: “Darkish, haunting, and atmospheric… an achingly intimate alt-folk give up to ardour.”

If that monitor was a give up to ardour, then “Stars” is a give up to the self: Following her EP’s searing, spirited lead single “Milk Tooth” (launched in June), “Stars” is a refined and softly stirring furor that finds Honeycrush in a pseudo dream-state. A moody, brooding guitar riff and tender, shuffling drum beats coalesce to create a darkish, compelling environment round her deeply evocative vocals. That hushed, heavy efficiency lures us in, immersing us in a young, enchanting trance:

And might you hear the sound of the 
Screaming stars all in my throat and 
I’m pounding, pounding down the door
I’m watching
Watching you in a dream
If I may, I’d’ve screamed
Depart the water
Depart the water

I noticed stars… I noticed stars

“Exploring themes of energy and restraint, ‘Stars’ lures the listener to the sting of what’s recognized and what’s felt in a world of creativeness and reminiscence, leaving the listener to tell apart between the 2,” Honeycrush tells Atwood Journal. “After I was writing ‘Stars,’ I used to be coping with a months-long episode of extreme nervousness which left me feeling fully indifferent from my bodily self.”

“It additionally remembers a really late, very hazy evening I discovered myself by the Hudson River in some park the place I used to be undoubtedly not imagined to be within the state I used to be. Once you’re depressed or having a tough time, you may grow to be obsessive about ineffective ideas like, “What would occur if I stayed right here? Would anybody miss me? Is anybody questioning the place I’m proper now?” Writing “I left my physique by the water” felt like the right technique to sum up the desperation I felt that evening and the detachment I’d been feeling not too long ago. So ‘Stars’ is each a real story and a fiction, like a tall story, as a result of it integrates two completely disparate moments in my life and blends the sides like a dream.”

If I may, I’d’ve screamed for you that sleepless evening
As an alternative I laid down within the street and counted the black lights
There was one, two, three, 4, 5, and 6 of them and 
I awoke on the opposite facet of city
By the river… By the river…

An intimate and intense reverie, “Stars” is a shocking, if not altogether breathtaking show of expertise from Honeycrush.

A gradual burner that by no means fizzles out, “Stars” repeatedly provides pressure till the very finish, imploring us to affix the artist in her infinite hazy daze. Is it a daydream, a nightmare, or one thing in-between?

We’ll certainly know extra upon Milk Tooth‘s EP launch. Honeycrush’s debut is out October 17, 2023 through Dune Altar. For now, stream “Stars” completely on Atwood Journal!

Lungs all stuffed with soil and my bones they ached for you
Head a cloud of smoke a maze of morning dew
Drops on the daisies that I crushed between my thumbs
I left my physique by the water
By the water

And I noticed stars… I noticed stars…
I noticed stars… I noticed stars

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