Last Relapse – “Everyone Dances Outside of Their Bodies”

Last Relapse is here again after more than a decade away from the music scene, and their comeback single “Everyone Dances Outside of Their Bodies” shows they haven’t lost their edge. The Atlanta-born indie-rock band went quiet in 2012 after years of touring and releasing their album Machine, but they’re returning now with something that sounds both familiar and different.

The single explores the divide between who we are and who we pretend to be, that peculiar space where you’re watching yourself from the outside while still being stuck on the inside. The guitar work here is big and atmospheric without floating off into nothing. The band builds the track from something quiet and personal into moments that hit harder, and that shift works for what they’re trying to say. You can tell these guys spent their time away doing more than just sitting around because the songwriting here is confident and deliberate.

Last Relapse played over 200 shows between 2006 and 2012, so they already knew how to write songs that connect. That experience is still here, but now it’s combined with whatever they picked up during their 13-year break. The result is a track that has one foot in their past and one foot somewhere new.

The band has a five-track EP coming out this fall, and if this single is any sign of where they’re going, it should be worth hearing. They’re bringing back that raw emotional approach they were known for while pushing into different sonic territory.

If you dig this track, go back and listen to their earlier stuff to hear where they started. You can stream “Everyone Dances Outside of Their Bodies” on Spotify, Apple Music, and all the other platforms right now. Follow Last Relapse on social media so you catch the EP when it drops.