CHOKECHERRY SHARE THEIR “SECRETS” — WATCH
BAND TO EMBARK ON FALL 2025 HEADLINE TOUR IN NOVEMBER + DECEMBER
Some secrets are bestr left untold, unless you’re the dreamy chokecherry releasing their latest single.
Comprised of vocalist/guitarist Izzie Clark and vocalist/bassist E. Scarlett Levinson, chokecherry are sharing their “Secrets.” Watch the Jack Boston-directed video here.
“This song started as a little jam in my L.A. apartment and we finished it in the studio with Christopher Grant (producer of Glassjaw and Around Around Around) earlier this year,” says Clark. “The song is about running away from what’s familiar and embracing change. I felt like I was going through a ton of personal changes when we were working on this song, including moving away from San Francisco after being there for six years. In many ways, I was yearning to leave an old life and self behind, and to embrace the metamorphosis that comes with a stark change of your surroundings.”
As a result, the lushly layered song is bathed in gorgeous gloominess and an angular guitar tension slowly builds from the opening verses and choruses, escalating and erupting in a thrilling sonic explosion and coda. It also functions as a love letter to the band’s time in a city that so integral to its members — both professionally and personally — in unique ways.
“I am born and raised in the city and it’s the birthplace of chokecherry, but having lived here my whole life makes leaving feel impossible sometimes,” Levinson says, offering her take on the song and a geographical shift. “When I was a kid, I wanted to escape home and see the world so badly. We intermingle our familiar themes of running away and starting over with an upbeat track, aiming to capture the beautiful side of starting something new. Despite this cry for an escape, San Francisco has a unique hold on all who experience it, including us. We may be looking to shed our past selves, but a part of us will always exist here in the fog.”
The song is truly anchored in Fog City, with Levinson sharing, “The outro features train audio clips we recorded in the city.”
chokecherry’s longtime friend Christopher Grant produced and played drums. It was mixed by Chris Coady (Diiv, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Beach House).
Watch the video for chokecherry’s most recent single “Goldmine,” also directed by Boston, here.
Chokecherry recently wrapped a summer tour with Wavves, winning over fans at each and every show. They’ve also announced a Fall 2025 headlining North American tour, with special guests The Sewing Club. It kicks off on November 14 in San Francisco and runs through December 21 in Salt Lake City. All dates are below. Get tickets here.
CHOKECHERRY:
NORTH AMERICA — FALL 2025:
WITH GUESTS THE SEWING CLUB:
11/14 — San Francisco, CA — Bottom of the Hill*
11/15 — Los Angeles, CA — Zebulon*
11/16 — Santa Ana, CA — Constellation Room*
11/29 — Phoenix, AZ — Valley Bar
11/30 — Albuquerque, NM — Launchpad
12/2 — Dallas, TX — Three Links
12/3 — Austin, TX — 29th St Ballroom
12/5 – Atlanta, GA — The Masquerade
12/6 — Nashville, TN — Cannery Hall
12/7 — Carrboro, NC — Cat’s Cradle
12/9 — Philadelphia, PA — Warehouse on Watts
12/10 — Baltimore, MD — Metro Gallery
12/11 — Queens, NY — TV Eye
12/12 — Cambridge, MA — Sonia
12/13 — Montreal, QC — Cabaret Foufounes
12/14 — Toronto, ON — Hard Luck Bar
12/16 — Columbus, OH — A&R Music Bar
12/17 — Chicago, IL — Cobra Lounge
12/18 — Columbia, MO — Rose Music Hall
12/20 — Denver, CO — Marquis
12/21 — Salt Lake City, UT — Kilby Court
*NO SEWING CLUB
