Los Angeles, CA bands MyVeronica and Friend’s House just released their split EP Farewell Skylines, available everywhere. “Sacred Heart” by MyVeronica, sees the band strip things back to cherish the love they have, before the song explodes into emotional catharsis.
“’Sacred Heart’ is a practice of vulnerability, both musical and emotional,” bandleader of MyVeronica, Mia Lin explains. “The use of clean tones and sparse arrangements cultivates an honesty that is beautiful and painfully raw. Moments of calm are interrupted tby screaming guitars, echoing the volatile nature of life. This song is an expression of love, a reminder to hold on to the things that matter most. A reminder to choose love, even if it hurts.”
The official music video for “Sacred Heart” sees the band paying homage to their hometown of Los Angeles, playing around in Elysian Park. The video was self-produced, with the city skyline glimmering in the background.
“‘Farewell Skylines’ is an homage to some of the seminal splits that came out of the ’90s emo scene,” Lin explains. “Some of our favorite bands, like Mineral, Jimmy Eat World, Christie Front Drive, etc, collaborated on splits that marked the overlap between their bands and their shared influences. Playing in the Los Angeles indie scene, there’s so much cross pollination influencing our bands and we want to celebrate it. These are the most collaborative MyVeronica songs yet. We are embarking in a new direction, shedding some of the fuzz and mystique of our last release and carving our own sound.”
“The songs on this EP were influenced by our shared experiences of going on tour with different bands, as much as the feelings of navigating life and love as a whole,” Tristin from Friend’s House adds. “The title, which I coined and that Mia found fitting, refers to the spiritual act of saying farewell to some place and some time; moving on to new places and different times, trying to hold on to infinity in the ephemeral.”
MyVeronica has become a fixture within the LA music scene, consistently pulling crowds at hotspots like Gold Diggers and Genghis Cohen and supporting bands like NY’s Shower Curtain and LA’s Mo Dotti.
