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<\/p><\/div>\nPremiere: Mercy Land Shares New Single \u201cSummertime Climax\u201d<\/h3>\nListen to the Track Below<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n
\n\t\tJul 31, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t \t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n Los Angeles-based duo Mercy Land<\/a> debuted last year with their Termites<\/i><\/a> <\/i>EP, crafting a fizzy and nocturnal shade of synth pop. The band has referenced The Cure, Lana Del Rey, and David Lynch each as inspirations, but in recent months their music has also taken a more blown out and digital turn, incorporating an array of spiked electronic textures, effects-heavy vocals, and darting rhythms. Last month, the band shared \u201cClouds,\u201d<\/a> the lead single from their upcoming debut album, due out next year. Today, they\u2019re following with another new single, \u201cSummertime Climax,\u201d premiering with Under the Radar.<\/p>\n \u201cSummertime Climax\u201d plays on a similar mix of nostalgia, garage beats, and crystalline melodies as artists like PinkPantheress, but the duo also brings this sound a dreamy digitized element. They paint in the track\u2019s margins with serene synth tones and a chiming emo-tinged guitar riff, capturing the free-floating ease and underlying melancholy found in the dog days of summer as the blistering summer days melt together. In the second verse, Laura Jinn croons out a lulling confession: \u201cI\u2019m not really swimming \/ I\u2019m just drifting here and there \/ I got all my hopes and dreams \/ I can\u2019t contend with yours as well \/ Yeah, there is something brewing \/ It is difficult to notice \/ But it is beautiful and easy\u201d. Yet, the chorus is a chirping electro pop gem, softening the track\u2019s sadder undercurrents with a moment of utter carefree delight.<\/p>\n Jinn says of the track, \u201cTantrum was gone on a fishing trip and I was writing songs every day. I woke up one day with the idea of the production (the combo of a Midwest emo guitar riff + light electronic drums) and made the beat. I was thinking about the first time I watched The Graduate<\/i> \u2013 I was home alone and saw Dustin Hoffman\u2019s character drifting in life, the scene when he\u2019s in the pool and his dad tells him he has to go and do something, just drifting among so much beauty, the sound of \u2018Hello Darkness My Old Friend.\u2019 I thought that the song needed to be \u2018Summertime [something]\u2019 and when I came up with \u2018Climax\u2019 I was like \u2018lol that\u2019s too stupid\u2019 but\u2026 then it stuck.\u201d <\/p>\n Check out the song below, out everywhere now via Feature Bug Studios.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tBy Caleb Campbell<\/span><\/p>\n