NYC-based power-popgaze band Heaven are excited to share the third single from their upcoming third full-length album, Dream Aloud, out April 4, 2025, via Little Cloud Records. Out now is “Sun Setting Skies,” which paints a vivid sonic landscape, capturing the essence of longing, love, and loss under the vast, infinite expanse of the sky. The song takes listeners on a journey through both emotional and physical landscapes, as the narrator reflects on a love that feels eternal yet out of reach. It draws on themes of yearning, destiny, and the passage of time.
“This song came from the depths of the pandemic, yearning to get out of New York, thinking of the wide open spaces of the American West, a mix of wanderlust and the quest for love as a journey,” explains vocalist and guitarist Matt Sumrow. “It is the first Heaven song released in a waltz time signature, and mixing that with the western style baritone guitar lines, ethereal synth and Mikey playing a tom heavy drum beat brought it all together.”
The official music video for “Sun Setting Skies” features imagery of mountains, echoes of the ancients, and the quest for love to create a cinematic soundscape that mirrors the vastness of the world and the complexities of the heart. Today’s release speaks to the ever-present search for connection, even when it feels elusive.
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WATCH THE OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO FOR “SUN SETTING SKIES”
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Last month, Heaven shared “The Fire You Know.” A fever dream of a lyrical vision, melancholy orchestral sounds anchored by hi-hats keep fated beliefs and secrets deep inside. Out now with an official music video, today’s single features Megan LaMarca on cello recorded by her husband Anthony LaMarca from The War On Drugs. Heaven’s usual choir of noisy guitars are traded in for lush string arrangements, resulting in complete sonic entracement. The official music video for “The Fire You Know” was filmed in Upstate New York in and around an early 20th-century farmhouse in Narrowsburg, NY, aptly called the Nowhere House. Directed and shot by Jeska Sand, the excursion from NYC was an escape into the cold snowy recess of winter to find the fire and the warmth needed to conjure the vision, voluntarily stepping into the doorway of the madness that is believing.
Forming an amalgamation of their influences, the single “I Need You More Somehow,” debuted earlier this year with an official music video, pairing timeless melodies with layers of reverb-driven guitar. Grounded by sirens of feedback, the song previewed an album full of emotional exploration tied up in otherwordly instrumentation. Dream Aloud was first teased last year by quintessentially dreamy lead single, “I’ll Let You In.” The record was recorded in New York City, mixed by Jonathan Krienik (The Rapture, Gang Gang Dance), mastered by Christopher Colbert (The Walkmen, Pedro the Lion) and features guest guitar on the title track by Steve Schiltz (Longwave, Wah Together).
Heaven ride a massive sonic wave in delivering their introspective yet dreamy tracks. Matt Sumrow and Mikey Jones created the band in New York City after touring and recording with artists such as Dean And Britta, Swervedriver, Ambulance LTD, Caveman, The Comas, The Lemonheads, and others. Now joined by bassist Sonia Manalili, the trio is excited to share their first album in 7 years, their most somnambulistic to date, the band’s third full-length, Dream Aloud.
WATCH THE OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO FOR “THE FIRE YOU KNOW”
WATCH THE OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO FOR “I NEED YOU MORE SOMEHOW”
WATCH THE OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO FOR “I’LL LET YOU IN”
Heaven will be hitting the road this spring, heading across the country to make their Treefort Music Festival debut and stopping in various cities along the way. For more information, see below for a full list of shows and follow the band on Instagram at @heavenbandnyc.
HEAVEN LIVE 2025
MARCH
8 – Arlene’s Grocery – New York, NY (3pm)
24 – Kilowatt – San Francisco, CA
26 – Gold-Diggers – Los Angeles, CA
27 – Six Below Midnight – Portland, OR (West Coast Release Party)
29-30 – Treefort Music Festival – Boise, ID
APRIL
3 – Mercury Lounge – New York, NY
HEAVEN
DREAM ALOUD
LITTLE CLOUD RECORDS
Release date: April 4, 2025
1. I’ll Let You In
2. The Fire You Know
3. Dream Aloud
4. Sun Setting Skies
5. Spinning Around You
6. A Magic All Our Own
7. I Need You More Somehow
8. I See the Rain
9. Spinning Around You (reprise)
10. A Painted Image
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