Brooklyn alt-rock group MX LONELY explore what might be harder than feeling itself with the release of their new single “Return to Sender,” it reveals how difficult letting go can be.
MX LONELY understands the way in which music and performance can act a shared emotional space between performer and listener. In New York, that translates to becoming one with the crowd, a distinct and intimate voice within the city’s saturated music scene. From the start, the live show was an essential component of MX LONELY, Harms says, with Haas adding, “It’s taking feelings that are usually reserved for something more introspective and combining them with the sort of release that happens when you make music at a decibel that allows your brain to stop thinking.” With this sentiment, the band carries that very same energy into the release.
“Return to Sender” is a song about processing indifference, entering the personal world of someone who struggles to understand another person’s emotional distance. Perspective drives the track, emphasizing that even when someone feels their side of the street is clean, another person’s perception remains beyond their control. Musically, the track’s distorted guitars and driving rhythm capture how one person’s emotional silence can trigger another’s internal spiral.
The video uses an egg to capture the metaphorical act of letting go. The egg, fragile yet filled with possibility, suggests silence withholds the gift of emotional life. The surreal egg hunt builds anticipation, gradually revealing itself as an effort to translate silence into meaning where none exists.
Composed of Rae Haas, guitarist Jake Harms and bassist Gabriel Garman, the single marks the band’s first release since last year’s “Beauty Lasts for Never” and the 2024 SPIT EP. The single previews the band’s first entirely self-recorded album, ALL MONSTERS.This era is a new chapter for the band, defined by a more personal and introspective direction, Haas says. “For everyone to have the space and tools to work through their own monsters, and work through each other’s monsters.”
For more information, visit the band’s website, with ALL MONSTERS arriving February 20.
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