Here's To You Returns With New Single "Burning Alive"

Here’s To You Returns With New Single “Burning Alive”

Last updated: January 27, 2024 4:54 pm

By Divine Magazine January 23, 2019

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NY-based indie pop/rock band Here’s To You have released their new single “Burning Alive,” out on all digital platforms now, which will serve as the lead single off their upcoming EP “Wonder/Wander: Phase I,” out Feb 15, 2019. Their first music released since 2015, Here’s To You have been giving their groovy indie rock sound a refreshing update and expanding their craft. “Wonder/Wander: Phase I” will serve as one of three small EPs released throughout 2019, ultimately connecting to a full LP, titled “Wonder/Wander,” due out later in the year. The three EPs, which they have coined ‘Phases’, are the result of three plus years in the studio, creating a body of work that represents the band’s current synergy. Their signature sound is still present – “Burning Alive” is built around HTY’s meticulous guitar work, crisp vocals, and quality tones – but in 2019, their musicianship has matured.

About the single, the band states:

“The way this song came to be was kind of crazy and all happened at once. Greg had around 8 bars of this instrumental laid out in a demo, and Charlie took it home and started writing about this crazy, nostalgic, and surreal night he had while visiting his friend at college. Stephan and Mike came in and effortlessly improved on the songs structure and parts. It is one of the fastest songs we’ve ever written with each other, and it quickly became one of our favorites!”

After playing together for almost a decade now, NY-based, indie pop/rock outfit Here’s To You are finally making a return with their sophomore LP, Wonder/Wander. Formed back in 2009 while still in high school, Charlie Giovanniello (Lead Vocals, Guitar), Stephan Stanzione (Drums, Vocals) and Greg Almeida (Guitar, Vocals) self-released their debut album Love Me Or Leave Me, inspired by their high school experiences. After playing hundreds of shows across the eastern seaboard, playing The Bamboozle Festival, South By Southwest Festival, and multiple shows with Atlantic Records artist Cash Cash, the group managed to garner a tight following. In 2016, the missing piece of HTY, Mike Fenimore (Bass, Vocals), was found to finally complete the group’s lineup. After spending the past three years writing, recording, rehearsing, and honing in on a fresh, updated sound, the band has used their experiences of growing up and falling in and out of love in the modern-digital age as the main set piece for Wonder/Wander. Every single rhythm, chord, and melody on Wonder/Wander has been carefully crafted, recorded, altered, and subsequently re-recorded, until each member of the band was satisfied with the final product. It’s the band’s attention to detail and meticulous songwriting on Wonder/Wander that will be sure to excite fans both old and new. After working hard behind the scenes for so long, Here’s To You is beyond eager to finally show their fans and the rest of the world what their new album and sound is all about. Their new single “Burning Alive” (and the corresponding music video) is out now.