Honey Motel, Liverpool lads four, have been churning out bops this sunny season in anticipation of new short-player Motel FM [out Nov. 28]. Early June’s “If You Didn’t Exist” is one of those highlights.

Incorporating alt-indie melodics, blues infused licks, and bursts of high energy rock, the genre-defier dismantles the sounds of ordinary and instead offers us a new, wholly uncommon approach. Tightened percussion, grounded bass, and a husky vocal imprint mark the moment, creating a soundscape that shifts aura and pacing with aplomb; all in service of the quiet weight certain things carry in our lives.

Guitarist Sam Meredith elucidates:

…Things that might seem insignificant to others, but for us, hold everything together. A favourite band, a partner, a personal obsession, take them away, and suddenly the whole structure starts to wobble. The song sits with that feeling, the fear of losing what makes life feel like life.

Don’t lose out on this listen.

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