{"id":45419,"date":"2026-04-30T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=45419"},"modified":"2026-04-26T18:55:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T22:55:02","slug":"knitting-are-back-with-souvenir-a-new-single-that-hits-right-in-the-quarter-life-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=45419","title":{"rendered":"knitting are back with \u2018Souvenir\u2019 + a new single that hits right in the quarter-life crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

knitting just dropped Here Comes,<\/em> the second single off their forthcoming album ‘Souvenir\u2019. It hits like a Sunday morning existential crisis \u2014 in the best way possible. The Montreal indie slackers are gearing up to release their sophomore record on June 26, 2026 via Vancouver’s Mint Records, and if these singles are any indication, it’s going to be a good summer for people who feel too much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Song<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Here Comes<\/a><\/em> is one of those tracks that doesn’t quite know where it’s going \u2014 and that’s entirely the point. Frontperson Mischa Dempsey lays it all out in the opening lines: the hollow promises we make to ourselves, the morning routines that never stick, the exhausting performance of having your life together. “Lyrically, the song plays around with the push and pull between trying to keep your head above water, and wanting to give up on that and just have fun,”<\/em> says Dempsey. It’s a riff on that very specific early-20s feeling where you can see the clock ticking on your reckless phase but you’re not quite ready to let it go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The track came together the way the best ones do \u2014 instinctively. Dempsey showed up to record vocals with only the chorus finished, and the rest got figured out on the spot with guitarist\/engineer Sarah Harris. No overthinking, no outside producers, just the band trusting their gut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Video<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Filmmaker Marlaena Moore took the reins on the visual side, going full DIY-MTV-dream-sequence with it. Think green screen energy, stop motion, close-up faces, and the kind of colorful warmth that feels like a half-remembered dream from the ’90s. “I wanted to imagine knitting as a kind of arty alternative rock band with a hot new single ready for MTV,<\/em>” Moore explains. Shot with friends over a weekend and edited with pure vibes, the video matches the song’s breezy-but-bittersweet spirit perfectly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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