POP ROCK DUO LOYALS RETURN WITH FIRST NEW MUSIC SINCE 2019BAND DROPS VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE “UP ALL NIGHT” — WATCH
When’s the last time you stayed “Up All Night?”
Well, thanks to pop rock duo LOYALS — Dane Allen and Andrew Gomez — you are about to be “Up All Night,” courtesy of their new song and video of the same name.
Watch the video for this supremely catchy bop here.
“Our last release, ‘I’m Sorry,’ was way too long ago in 2019,” says Allen. “Gomey and I have been chomping at the bit to get new music out for five years now, and now that it’s finally happening we’re having a lot of fun. We’ve had to deal with so many setbacks since the band’s inception that we haven’t really gotten to fully focus on the actual fun parts as much as we’d like, but here we are finally putting out new music, and we’re having a blast. I hope people will hear this song and feel that LOYALS energy coming back to life.”
LOYALS released their self-titled debut in 2018, followed by two singles in 2019, and then COVID-19 shut the world down. Indeed, “Up All Night” serves as a comeback single, introducing an evolution in the band’s sound, while also leaning into the deep-rooted foundations of who LOYALS are. The track is structurally built around a singular guitar riff, before exploding into a kinetic chorus filled with the pop-centric melodies and hooks the pair is known for.
“Look, we just write pop songs that make us feel things,” says Allen, explaining the motive behind his alternative/pop group. “We aren’t congealed with this big message. Obviously, we can change our minds down the road, but that’s not who we are now.”
The band’s lack of pretense is as refreshing as it is uncommon, its self-assuredness a most likely side effect of the years they’ve spent playing together. “We met when we were teenagers,” explains Allen of fellow bandmate Gomez. “We’ve stuck with each other ever since.”
The decade-long friendship not only earned LOYALS their moniker, but through practice and experimentation, aided in the cultivation of a pop group that contributes mightily to the genre.
