Upcoming Releases

Atlanta hardcore band MUELAS today announce the arrival of debut EP Bellow with the release of single/video “SWITCHBACK”. A genre-shifting exploration of singer/violinist (and mariachi musician) Susy Reyes’ emotional range, “SWITCHBACK” serves up both tender ballad and crushing rage. A swirling, simmering cocktail that channels the intense realization of having allowed oneself to be reduced to a stepping stone in someone’s life and the knowledge that your own self-betterment is no quick fix. “SWITCHBACK” is accompanied by a poetically shot hazy visual directed and edited by Reyes.

The dynamic range of “SWITCHBACK” is a fitting microcosm of the world uncovered on the Bellow EP. Through 5 songs, a platform is created for Reyes to release what’s been burning deep within her for far too long. The daily shock and horror of being a young Mexican-American watching the age of ICE tear apart your community, the unease of being queer in the south as basic rights are stripped back across the nation, the struggles and isolation of being in the grasp of grief and depression.

Says Reyes, “I wanted to be in a band where I could scream about my feelings, let all of my sadness and rage out. As a proud child of Mexican Immigrants, I have a lot to say. My lyrics are political because my existence is political. I can’t escape it.. I refuse to be silent and I hope I can provide at least a moment where people can also let out their anguish.”

The Bellow EP arrives on July 17th courtesy of Second Engine Records and contains the recently released ICE-skewering single “MELT”.

Guitarist Kaemon Maggard encapsulates the mood of Bellow stating, "This record is a snapshot of both the rage and despair as we see our neighbors and democratic institutions suffer blow after blow to the rise of fascism, but also, the catharsis of using art we've made with friends to embody joy as an act of resistance."