Lonely Parade premiere ‘Night Cruise’

Last month Lonely Parade announced their signing to Buzz Records (Weaves, Dilly Dally, Greys) with the premiere of their single, I’m So Tired, on Noisey. The band are announcing their Buzz Records debut LP, The Pits, which will be out on the label on September 14th. To mark the announcement the band have shared a second track from the album, Night Cruise, with its accompanying video as part of a feature with Rookie.

Formed in Peterborough, Ontario when the members were in their early teens, and garnering international attention for an album they recorded while barely out of high school (2016’s No Shade), that earned the band an invite to Iceland Airwaves, and tours in support of Nap Eyes, Weaves, Ought and PUP, Lonely Parade are ready to make good on their early promise, and the exhilarating “Night Cruise” provides a mesmerizing sample of what’s to come. Built around Augusta Veno’s spiralling, stop-start guitar lead, the track showcases the group’s technical prowess in their sure-handed navigation of the song’s halting rhythms, and their propensity for observational and relatable songwriting. While much of their forthcoming full length was written about the collapse of the band’s small town scene before their recent move to Montreal, Night Cruise, is a sunnier reflection on small town nights spent in cars, as Veno tells Rookie.

‘If you’re in Peterborough and your friend has a car, the only thing to do is go to McDonald’s,’ says Veno. ‘This song is about this boy I met, started cruising around with, and thought we were in love. We would just drive around every corner of Peterborough. I wanted us to drive forever because I had a crush on him and didn’t want to go home. We used to play a lot of basketball with that guy too and dance around to pop music at our friends’ apartments. We were all insecure babies, so the first time we felt alright was getting drunk and dancing with our friends.’

Ahead of the release the band will be making their first trip to the US to play a string of dates with T-Rextasy in July. Full details can be found below.