US darkwave-shoegaze duo Lowsunday return to the darker corners of their sound with ‘Someone to Talk To’, a new single from their recently released Low Sunday Ghost Machine – Black EP. The track explores the complicated need for human connection, particularly when loneliness makes it difficult to recognise when trust has been misplaced.
Built around a shadowy and dreamlike atmosphere, ‘Someone to Talk To’ turns heartbreak and emotional disillusionment into something unexpectedly calm. Rather than presenting betrayal through an explosive sound, Lowsunday create an intimate space where vulnerability, attachment and disappointment can exist at the same time.
The song follows the perspective of someone desperately looking for companionship, only to find themselves caught in a relationship shaped by deception and emotional manipulation. Its story reflects how the desire not to be alone can sometimes make people overlook warning signs, particularly when affection appears to offer the connection they have been missing.
That contradiction is central to the track. Love can remain even after trust has disappeared, leaving someone emotionally attached to a person they increasingly understand to be harmful. Lowsunday use that tension to explore the difficult process of recognising that the person we want beside us may not be the person we believed them to be.
For vocalist, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Shane Sahene, the song represents one of the band’s more abstract and psychologically darker pieces. Its imagery of figures with eyeball heads reflects the idea of seeing relationships at face value rather than recognising what may exist beneath the surface.
The song’s visual component, created by longtime creative collaborator Jer Herring, expands on those ideas. Herring’s imagery reflects the emotional coldness and isolation running through the track, using different situations to suggest separation, distance and failed communication. For Lowsunday, the contrast between the darkness of the subject matter and the pleasure of performing the song is part of its appeal. Sahene describes the experience as almost peaceful, comparing the emotional atmosphere to being alone on a calm ocean at night or entering a cave.
‘Someone to Talk To’ arrives as another glimpse into the world of the Black EP, Lowsunday’s darker counterpart to their Low Sunday Ghost Machine – White EP. While the earlier collection explored lighter textures, the Black EP leans into shadow, intensity, layered guitars, tight rhythms and austere synths. The release continues an extraordinary second chapter for Lowsunday. Originally formed in 1994 under the name Low Sunday Ghost Machine, the project developed a distinctive blend of darkwave and shoegaze at a time when those sounds were far from their current mainstream visibility.
After a hiatus of almost 25 years, Lowsunday resurfaced in 2025 with Sahene joined by Bobby Spell. The duo’s return has resulted in new material that connects their three-decade history with a more refined and contemporary production style. The Black EP is their second collection of completely new material since 1999, following the White EP, which arrived at the end of 2025 and was ranked No. 2 in Post-Punk.com’s Best EPs of the year. That release featured ‘Love Language’, ‘Soft Capture’ and ‘Nevver’.
Their renewed activity has also brought fresh attention to the band’s earlier catalog. Projekt Records has issued extended anniversary re-releases of their 1996 debut Low Sunday Ghost Machine and 1999 album Elesgiem, further connecting the band’s historic work with their present-day resurgence.
Lowsunday’s music has always existed somewhere between beauty and darkness. Shimmering textures and infectious melodies sit alongside distorted guitars, feedback, electronic layers and haunting vocals, allowing the duo to create songs that feel simultaneously familiar and otherworldly.
With ‘Someone to Talk To’, that contrast becomes particularly effective. The song deals with loneliness, betrayal and emotional dependence, yet its atmosphere never feels completely hopeless. Instead, Lowsunday find a strange calm within the darkness, turning a story about misplaced trust into an immersive piece of dreamlike alternative music.
As the Black EP continues to reveal its different shades, ‘Someone to Talk To’ stands as one of its most introspective moments, offering a reminder that sometimes the most unsettling relationships are the ones we hold onto simply because being alone feels harder.
