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    HEAVEN DELIVERS A DYNAMIC AND DREAM-LIKE SONIC EXPERIENCE WITH NEW ALBUM DREAM ALOUD

    HEAVEN DELIVERS A DYNAMIC AND DREAM-LIKE SONIC EXPERIENCE

    WITH NEW ALBUM DREAM ALOUD – LISTEN

    REFLECTIVE OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO

    FOR “DREAM ALOUD” PREMIERES VIA PASTE MAGAZINE TODAY – WATCH

    FRESH OFF WEST COAST TOUR AND TREEFORT MUSIC FESTIVAL,

    ALBUM RELEASE CELEBRATION KICKED OFF LAST NIGHT

     AT NEW YORK CITY’S MERCURY LOUNGE

    Photo credit: Liz Lohse

    “The self-aware lyrics, paired with droning vocals, kick through the tide

    and wade within pulsating synth puddles.”

     – PASTE MAGAZINE

    “Traverses a wide swath of territory stylistically, veering from anthemic shoegaze… to ethereal Velvets-esque bleary-eyed lullabies… to Spacemen 3-indebted bombast…rendering what could easily transpose as staid utterly modern and vital.”

    – UNDER THE RADAR

    “Creates music that floats on a narcotized cloud of reverbed guitars and gauzily layered vocals.”

    – NOISEY

    “A staple of the NYC music scene, Heaven play music that sits somewhere between shoegaze and psych sensibilities and produces songs that act as sonic love notes to both genres.”

    – THE DELI

    NYC-based power-popgaze band Heaven are excited to release their third full-length album, Dream Aloud, today, April 4, 2025, via Little Cloud Records. The album immediately pulls listeners into a velvet haze of distorted guitars paired with vocalist Matt Sumrow’s storied, raw vocals. Each track takes you through memories that feels both fleeting and eternal, evoking the bittersweet haze of nostalgia and the unfiltered reality of lived experience. Grounded by sirens of feedback, the record is full of emotional exploration tied up in otherworldly instrumentation.

    “The record was conceived in the dark depths of the pandemic, when all we could do was stay at home and work on projects and watch the end of the world on TV,” says bandleader Matt Sumrow about the process of creating Dream Aloud. “It was created as a vision of hope and dreams, an escape from the reality we were in. It’s also a deliberate move back to a DIY way of making music. Realizing that facing the apocalypse, you have to rely on yourself to make things happen, make art happen, conjure your love and dreams.”

    Alongside the release, the official music video for title track, “Dream Aloud,” premieres today via Paste Magazine. Directed by Jeska Sand and starring Jacqueline Valenti, the video mirrors the record’s layered soundscape with reflective and multi-dimensional visuals. The storyline follows a lone figure wandering the East Village and traveling to Coney Island, capturing moments of discovery, reflection, and dreamlike observation in the city’s shifting light.

    On the title track, Sumrow says, “I wrote this song in the wee hours of the morning, recording it into my phone. Honestly, I don’t even remember writing it. I found it amongst a bunch of other song sketches. It was a hushed lullaby at first, but we turned it into a rocker. I guess if I was trying to explain it, lyrically it’s a Tibetan sand mandala, building something beautiful then destroying it.”

    WATCH THE OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO FOR “DREAM ALOUD”

    LISTEN TO DREAM ALOUD

    “Dream Aloud” Official Music Video Still]

    Last month’s release, “Sun Setting Skies,” 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, complete with an otherworldly music video.

    In February, 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, the 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 entrancement. 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 otherworldly 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 “SUN SETTING SKIES”

    WATCH “THE FIRE YOU KNOW”

    WATCH “I NEED YOU MORE SOMEHOW”

    WATCH “I’LL LET YOU IN”

    Heaven just wrapped up their west coast tour, which included stops in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland and Treefort Music Festival. The band celebrated today’s album release last night by rocking out at the legendary Manhattan venue, Mercury Lounge, alongside NYC band, Swear Tapes. For information about future shows, follow the band on Instagram at @heavenbandnyc.

    HEAVEN

    DREAM ALOUD

    LITTLE CLOUD RECORDS

    1. I’ll Let You In – WATCH

    2. The Fire You Know – WATCH

    3. Dream Aloud – WATCH

    4. Sun Setting Skies – WATCH

    5. Spinning Around You

    6. A Magic All Our Own

    7. I Need You More Somehow – WATCH

    8. I See the Rain

    9. Spinning Around You (reprise)

    10. A Painted Image

    CONNECT WITH HEAVEN:

    FACEBOOK | YOUTUBE | INSTAGRAM | BANDCAMP | TWITTER

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