HUNNY Shares New Single “i can see my house from here”
Today, Los Angeles indie-pop band HUNNY shares the new single “i can see my house from here”, a wistful indie-rock gem that shines with sincerity. From their recently announced album ‘SPIRIT!’ out on September 26th through Epitaph, it’s the first project centering frontman Jason Yarger as the sole member and brains behind the operation. Free from compromise and external expectations, he was able to follow his instincts completely, allowing the music to unfold in unexpected and unfiltered ways.
“The riff is really gross but really nice at the same time,” Yarger reflects on the new track. “Those are my original demo vocals on the first verse, too. Not much changed from the original version. I basically wrote it in five minutes on a flight.”
"i can see my house from here”
The Epitaph-released SPIRIT! is yet another chameleonic turn for HUNNY, a band long known for shapeshifting through genres and decades with style on fan favorites like 2019’s Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. and 2023’s new planet heaven– all while still sounding unmistakably like themselves. Across its 15 songs, the album (co-produced by Yarger and former HUNNY bassist Kevin Grimmett, with drums by former HUNNY drummer Joey Anderson) leans into the sounds that have always lit the group’s fuse – hooky post-punk, gleaming synths and shout-along choruses – but now pushes HUNNY somewhere more abstract, more playful, more free.
For Yarger, the process of making SPIRIT! marks a pivotal shift, not just creatively, but in how he envisions the future of HUNNY. “There’s a lot to love about the spirit of collaboration,” Jason explains when discussing the decision to transition HUNNY away from a full band, “but at the same time, approaching this album without having to compromise was such a freeing feeling. I could just let whatever ideas I had run wild.”
Yarger wrote and recorded the album almost entirely in his LA-based home studio, emptying his voice memos and Notes app of in-the-moment observations and off-the-cuff inspiration. Whether he’s detailing the absurdity of spotting an iPad-toting nun at an airport bar, marveling at the simplistic beauty of nature, lamenting his inability to smoke weed or consistently sleep, or firing a middle-finger salvo to telemarketers testing his sanity, it all serves to strike the perfect balance between irreverent humor and indie-rock chic.
“I'm happily married with a child,” the singer shares. “You know, there's not too much tortured stuff for me to write about anymore. I love that songs I’ve written have resonated with people, but I also loved the opportunity to just be a fucking silly guy and tell some weird stories on this album.”