Hevenshe has returned with ‘Flooring Mattress’, a gritty, grunge-influenced single celebrating queer pleasure.
The solo mission of Tonight Alive‘s Jenna McDougall, it follows the discharge of singles ‘Want I Had A Pal’ earlier this 12 months, and 2024’s ‘Important’.
On writing ‘Flooring Mattress’, Jenna has shared:
“‘Flooring Mattress’ is an genuine recount of a ‘common Sunday’. I wrote it in actual time because the story of the lyrics unfolds: from sleeping in, to debating an outfit and driving to a lover’s home. By the point I arrived (because the track goes on to element), half the observe was already written and performed to her on a mattress on the lounge flooring.”
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Speaking a bit extra on creating the observe and dealing with Slowly Slowly‘s Ben Stewart, Jenna has mentioned:
“I used to be so excited in regards to the track, I knew it wanted to be recorded ASAP so I might begin enjoying it stay at upcoming exhibits. I made a tough demo and despatched it to Ben Stewart who helped me prepare the sections and make stems for my stay present remotely. We developed the guitar components and spoken backing vocals to replicate the required pressure within the lyrics. I realised rapidly that the selections round songwriting and vocal supply particularly, had been led by leaning into what felt surprising and taboo. After I heard the observe ‘Angel Issues’ by native artist Rageflower, I booked in together with her producer Ben Siwa right away. We had a lot enjoyable collaborating on the manufacturing with a great deal of artistic appears like DJ scratches, rings jingling and real police-car sirens. From begin to end, the track was such a pleasure to create, concepts and vitality had been ample.”
