Happy Friday! Your Alternative New Music Friday #Happens with new albums out today for you to check out from almost monday, Blitz Vega, and Pale Waves. 

While it’s been a slow week of new music, it’s been a big week for Hollywood’s Buddy Deal on almost monday. The week started with almost monday’s single “can’t slow down” hitting Top 20 on the Alternative chart and Q101 putting the song in rotation. Today for New Music Friday, we take a deeper DIVE into the San Diego band’s debut album out now.

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ICYMI: Myles Smith was on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night performing his #1 Alternative single “Stargazing. Check it out HERE.

NEW MUSIC FRIDAY

almost monday Release Debut Album, Dive

Today, the San Diego trio almost monday released their debut album, DIVE, via Hollywood Records.

Consisting of Dawson Daugherty (vocals), Cole Clisby (guitar), and Luke Fabry (bass), almost monday continues to expand upon their distinctive sundrenched sound with their new 11 song collection melding nostalgic surf-rock tones with modern indie-pop production, honed by producer Simon Oscroft (One Republic, Declan McKenna).

Dawson says DIVE is “a snapshot of us as individuals and as a collective. We take Polaroids of the crowd at every show. We wanted the album to feel like one of those Polaroids where you capture the moment. It might be blurry, but it’s that snapshot in time of who we are and what we like.”

“Each song has its own little story and life,” says Cole. “You kind of have to surrender. ‘jupiter’ was one we had to press on through — and 10 months later, there it is. This and ‘she likes sports’ are unique, because for somebody who knows our band, both of those songs feel quite different from what we’ve done before.”

On the current single “can’t slow down,” — now Top 20 on the Alternative chart — Luke says, “That chorus had always stuck out to me. That was another one where we took it back and reworked it over a few weeks. It keeps it interesting — every song gets its chance to breathe and have life. Sometimes that’s the same day you start writing, and sometimes it’s a month later.”

More New Albums Out Today

Blitz Vega – Northern Gentleman (Future Sonic/CEN/The Orchard)

Pale Waves – Smitten (Dirty Hit)

MORE ALT ALBUMS HERE

GOING FOR ADDS

Impacting Next Week (10/1):

Gigi Perez “Sailor Song” (Island/Republic)