Indie artist goodheart freezes emotional gridlock in her new single, "Stuck in a Cloud." This tune turns indifference into an aesthetic with infectious indie rock flair. Penned in a buzz of loneliness and tedium, "Stuck in a Cloud" perfectly captures that achingly contemporary sense of disconnection when you're not exactly unhappy but nowhere near happy. It's a feeling that goodheart captures brilliantly, a "total blah," she calls it and she makes it oddly cinematic.
Even as it grapples with emotional stasis, the track has a buoyancy from the get-go that keeps it afloat. Anchored by Connor's peppy drumming, Mitch's arpeggiating guitar stabs, and Ryan's groove-heavy bass line, the track crackles with an indie-pop charge that simply can't be denied. It's the sound of being stuck but making it danceable. It's the kind of quiet brilliance embodied in how goodheart flips the phrase "cloud nine" on its head. Rather than euphoria, "Stuck in a Cloud" conjures the liminal space in between the emotional gray area where you're waiting for something to shift, but you're not even sure what that means.
Her lyrics are raw and unfiltered, but the production grants them a bit of kaleidoscopic sparkle, making the track intimately personal and instantly relatable. Although penned as a stripped-down tune, "Stuck in a Cloud" grew its wings in the studio. Her bandmates' collective surge of energy resuscitated the wounded song, altering a quiet confession into a head-bopping catharsis. The result is a track that plays like a sigh but double-fisted, the lament queasy with a beat.
With the release of the single, goodheart introduces you to "Blue and Other Colours," her debut EP scheduled for release this July 2025. If "Stuck in a Cloud" is any kind of guide, the project will be a kaleidoscope of feelings where sadness isn't just blue but a spectrum of hues, tones, and textures. In a world that's always gasping either for highs or lows, goodheart takes the audacious step to make music for the in-between, and it's beautiful.
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