Day Wave returns with new single 'Starting Again'

Day Wave shared his second single ‘Potions’ on Friday (March 26th) ahead of his upcoming EP titled Crush.

The critically acclaimed Californian announced the EP at the beginning of the month with his glorious track ‘Starting Again’ as Jackson Phillips returns bigger and stronger.

The new song showcases mesmerising arrangements that have long been a trademark of the Day Wave sound. Crush reveals a newfound vocal dynamism from Phillips, whose steady growth as a performer lends an understated weight to EPs emotional soul searching.

Written and recorded after an extended break, the new collection finds Day Wave reconnecting with his sonic roots as he grapples with questions of identity and purpose, fate and independence, memory and nostalgia.

The four songs are built on a structural simplicity that belies their considerable emotional depth, and the arrangements are lo-fi and dreamy to match, conveying gooey and delicious intimacy.

Phillips produced, mixed, and mastered the entire EP himself in his new homebase of Los Angeles, and the end result is a raw, unfiltered look in the mirror from an artist determined to share his evolution in all its beautiful, bittersweet truth.

Crush will be out on April 24th and a limited 12” will be available on Record Store Day on June 20th.

Featured image by Daniel Topete