Hevenshe has returned with ‘Flooring Mattress’, a gritty, grunge-influenced single celebrating queer pleasure.
The solo venture of Tonight Alive‘s Jenna McDougall, it follows the discharge of singles ‘Want I Had A Pal’ earlier this 12 months, and 2024’s ‘Important’.
On writing ‘Flooring Mattress’, Jenna has shared:
“‘Flooring Mattress’ is an genuine recount of a ‘common Sunday’. I wrote it in actual time because the story of the lyrics unfolds: from sleeping in, to debating an outfit and driving to a lover’s home. By the point I arrived (because the music goes on to element), half the monitor was already written and performed to her on a mattress on the lounge ground.”
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Speaking slightly extra on creating the monitor and dealing with Slowly Slowly‘s Ben Stewart, Jenna has stated:
“I used to be so excited concerning the music, I knew it wanted to be recorded ASAP so I may begin enjoying it reside at upcoming exhibits. I made a tough demo and despatched it to Ben Stewart who helped me organize the sections and make stems for my reside present remotely. We developed the guitar components and spoken backing vocals to replicate the required rigidity within the lyrics. I realised shortly that the choices round songwriting and vocal supply particularly, have been led by leaning into what felt surprising and taboo. Once I heard the monitor ‘Angel Issues’ by native artist Rageflower, I booked in together with her producer Ben Siwa right away. We had a lot enjoyable collaborating on the manufacturing with a great deal of artistic appears like DJ scratches, rings jingling and real police-car sirens. From begin to end, the music was such a pleasure to create, concepts and vitality have been ample.”
