It's three long years since we heard new music from Florida's Gouge Away. In the time since, vocalist Christina Michelle has been splitting her time with Philly shoegaze leaders Nothing, with whom she plays bass. But today (May 8th), Michelle's main group has resurfaced with a killer new stand-alone single, "Idealized," which leans into the grungy, alt-rock sound of Gouge Away's namesakes, the Pixies. Crank the song above via its visualizer video.
"We wrote this song in a Florida storage unit, somewhere on the timeline between tons of touring and the world shutting down," Gouge Away commented in a joint statement. "It's a culmination of everything we like and always wanted to write, and fits the vibe of where we were at mentally at the time."
The group added: "'Idealized' almost never saw the light of day but we like this song so much we felt the need to properly record it and put it out into the world. We have been absolutely dying to play it live."
Look for more news from Gouge Away to surface later this year; in the meantime, you can catch them on the road in July and August — visit their Instagram for dates and more info.
