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Watch the Video for “Sacred Heart” and Catch the Bands Live at The Forge on August 8
Los Angeles mainstays MyVeronica and Friend’s House have announced Farewell Skylines, a split EP that pays tribute to their roots, their scene, and the fragile, fleeting nature of young adulthood. Set for release on August 8, 2025, the four-song collaboration offers a rare look at two distinct voices in LA’s DIY emo underground coming together to form something honest, raw, and emotionally incandescent.
The first taste of the record is already here: MyVeronica’s “Sacred Heart,” a slow-burning track that opens with delicate clean guitars before erupting into shoegaze-adjacent walls of distortion and anguish. “It’s a practice of vulnerability, both musical and emotional,” says frontperson Mia Lin, who founded MyVeronica as a solo bedroom project before it evolved into a full band. “This song is an expression of love, a reminder to choose it, even if it hurts.”
The song’s video—self-produced by the band and shot in Elysian Park, with the LA skyline shimmering in the background—evokes a daydream-like nostalgia that perfectly mirrors the music: open-hearted, messy, and deeply rooted in place.
The EP, which includes two songs from each artist, takes cues from classic ’90s emo splits—like the ones that paired Mineral with Jimmy Eat World, or Christie Front Drive with Boys Life—but filters them through a 2025 lens that’s more collaborative, more self-aware, and unafraid to lean into tenderness. “There’s so much cross-pollination between our bands and others in the LA scene,” Lin says. “These are the most collaborative MyVeronica songs yet. We’re shedding some of the fuzz and mystique of our earlier releases and carving out our own sound.”
Friend’s House, the solo moniker of Tristin Souvannarath, brings a hazier, more lo-fi counterpoint to Lin’s aching melodicism. His contributions—“College Radio Static” and “Alright”—are bedroom epics steeped in shoegaze, slowcore, and West Coast ennui. “The title Farewell Skylines refers to the spiritual act of saying goodbye to a place or a time,” he says. “Trying to hold on to infinity in the ephemeral.”
Both artists know their way around a heartbreak anthem, but it’s the shared sensibility—intimate yet expansive, handmade yet sonically ambitious—that makes Farewell Skylines feel like more than the sum of its parts.
About MyVeronica
A hybrid of ’90s emo, shoegaze, and alt rock, MyVeronica began as Mia Lin’s solo outlet for what she calls “exploring the deeply personal through the universal.” The band, now a four-piece, carries forward a DIY ethos that includes zines, handmade merch, and self-produced music videos. MyVeronica is Mia Lin (vocals/guitar), Tristin Souvannarath (guitar), Hovhannes Tamrazyan (bass), and Rah Kanan (drums).
About Friend’s House
Friend’s House is the introspective, genre-blurring solo project of Tristin Souvannarath, originally conceived as a side project during his days with San Diego’s T. Rexico. After relocating to LA, Souvannarath transformed it into a full expression of wistful experimentalism, often performing with a rotating live ensemble. His music evokes the sound of wind chimes, palm trees, and melancholy afternoons in the city’s quieter corners.
WATCH: “Sacred Heart” Official Music Video
LISTEN: “Sacred Heart” on Streaming
PRE-ORDER: Farewell Skylines on Bandcamp link
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