Chicago-based synth/pop group COURSE return with their new single “Feeling Alive” off their upcoming album Hue Mirror, due out April 25th. Their third full-length offering, Hue Mirror marks their most raw, vulnerable, and poignant collection of songs to date, written by singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Jessica Robbins in the wake of a traumatic, life-altering diagnosis.
On “Feeling Alive,” she acknowledges the personal challenges ahead, but enjoys the small victories of the present, allowing herself to bask in the relief of a pain-free day.
“I wrote this song a few months after my diagnosis when I had come to terms with everything, for the most part, and was feeling better,” said Robbins. “I started to work out, lift weights, and walk more. I was feeling more like myself. This is probably the most hopeful song on the album. It touches on how it takes time in the morning to feel like myself and bring all the stiffness down in my back, ‘can the day awake?’ And then when it does, I feel alive again and can forget about this horrible disease for the day.”
“Feeling Alive” follows the release of the album’s title track “Hue Mirror,” a song that captures a moment of whirlwind confusion, fear, and shock.
Since their debut, COURSE has established themselves with a sound that mixes lushly layered melodies and electronic instrumentation into dreamy, atmospheric soundscapes across two acclaimed albums: 2021’s A Late Hour and 2023’s Tight Feathers.
