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Today’s Featured Artist – INTERVIEW – Don’t Tell John

Tell us about:

Your latest single you have released?

“Again” is about a kind of unhealthy love that keeps circling back no matter how many times you try to outrun it. Trusting that things will change, but then realizing that they never do. It’s got a hopeful and haunting feel while at the same time, that ache between wanting something real and knowing it might break you real. We recorded it at our home studio in order to capture the chemistry that help make it special in the first place,. Veronica’s vocal take was raw, one of those moments where you just feel everything land.

Your favourite lyric in this song:

“ I knew the first time I know the last the haunting voices of the past”

That line reveals the complexity of the emotion where even though what happened previously was most likely going to happen again you did it anyway

Your favourite song that you have created that is an album track:

I mean “Grandad.” is really a song that got us some notoriety and it’s super fun to play live with that great opening hook of Veronica’s scream… But we also love “Hard Luck” which really hits a lot of themes that are important to us – human fallibility, addiction, etc., etc.and of course, has that really heavy guitar edge, which is something we tried to build our sound around.

Your favourite song to play live:

“ Harder boy,” is always super fun to open the set with. It’s a high energy track that just kind of punches the audience in the face and makes everybody stand up at attention as soon as we get on stage. Super fun every time.

The song that was the longest to write and why?

“Hard Luck.”it wasn’t so hard to write the song as much as it was hard to arrange it and get the fuel right. We spent nights after nights in the studio, just fine-tuning the arrangement and getting tight.

Your most emotional track:

Well, I’m not sure exactly what you mean by emotional but ”Star Emoji” actually resonates the most with audiences who can relate to the struggle it is to find people to connect with in this modern world. The song really stands out as a unique offering where the lyrics are just messages that Veronica received on hinge from potential suitors. So it’s not emotional and that it’s not heart wrenching or hard in anyway in fact it’s kind of funny but it’s also this interesting social commentary on how more selection doesn’t necessarily mean more quality in the dating scene

Dream collaboration:

We’d have to say black crows number one we’d love to collaborate with them or just go on tour with them we think they’re rad. Paramore would be awesome, but then we’d love to kick it with some other acts like Family Music Company or Lake Street Dive.

Describe the feeling you get when you walk on stage to do a show:

It’s like jumping out of an airplane with your best friends and landing in a room full of strangers who somehow already know you. There’s adrenaline, joy, fear, and total connection. Nothing else feels like it. Even though that’s kind of a creative description it’s still inadequate for what the feeling actually is.

The hardest track to play live:

“Again.” Probably the guitar part isn’t hard for sale but it’s kind of monotonous so it’s hard to keep up with which is just a reflection of Marc inadequacy as a guitar player lol, it’s got a depth of emotion and a crescendo that is challenging, but still really fun.

Essential items you always take on tour with you

Coffee. Cables. A lucky hat. Earplugs. Extra strings. And way too many notebooks full of half-written lyrics and bad ideas that might turn into something later.

Describe your fans in three words:

Loyal. Loud. Beautiful.

A song by another artist or band you wish you had written:

“Gold Dust Woman” by Fleetwood Mac. It’s mysterious, emotional, and cinematic — everything we love in a song.

What we can look forward to from your band in 2026

We’ve got a new single dropping January 2026, and more to follow as we build toward our next record. Expect live shows across California, maybe a couple in other states too…more gear videos, and plenty of new music. We’re in the middle of the best run we’ve ever had, and it feels like the story’s just getting good.


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