Their new single/EP (we’re still deciphering which) – Freeze.24.01.12.Scarlet.Skies.Heartbreak.Cure.X… – dropped with zero announcement at 3:00 AM last Friday. Naturally, the internet lost its collective mind.
The date format (24.01.12) suggests either January 12, 2024 or December 1st, 2024 depending on where you’re standing. Fans believe it’s the night the lead singer’s 6-year relationship ended in a frozen parking lot somewhere upstate. “Scarlet Skies” is the project name, and “Heartbreak.Cure.X…” feels like a promise they can’t quite finish writing. Freeze.24.01.12.Scarlet.Skies.Heartbreak.Cure.X...
Track two (labeled only as “X…”) is the surprise. It’s not a sad song. It’s a drum machine, a cheap synth bassline, and a vocal sample of someone laughing through tears. The message seems to be: heartbreak doesn’t get cured. It gets remixed. It gets turned into something you can dance to at 2 AM in an empty kitchen. Their new single/EP (we’re still deciphering which) –
Listen with headphones. Let the static sit in your chest. And whatever you do – don’t skip the hidden track after 4 minutes of silence. You’ll know it when you hear it. Fans believe it’s the night the lead singer’s
It opens with a reversed tape loop of what sounds like a train station PA system. Then comes the piano – one chord held too long, like a bruise blooming. When the drums finally crash in around 1:45, it’s less a beat and more a collapse. Lyrically, it’s a museum of small apocalypses: “You said forever like it was a dare / Now I’m counting exit signs in the freezing air.”
Is Freeze.24.01.12.Scarlet.Skies.Heartbreak.Cure.X… a masterpiece? Too early to tell. Is it the most painfully honest 11 minutes of music you’ll hear this winter? Absolutely.
🧊❄️💔 (4.5 frozen headlights out of 5)