LONESOME RELEASE NEW SINGLE AHEAD OF DEBUT ALBUM
Copyright: Jay Bass
Cambridge-based emo quintet Lonesome have today unveiled their latest single, ‘For We Are Strangers Again’ - a moving preview of their upcoming debut album, In the Hope This Finds You, due out 19 September via their new label home, Easy Life Records (Soft Cult, Normandie, Lonely The Brave). Pre-save here.
With ‘For We Are Strangers Again,’ Lonesome explore the quiet devastation of love slowly fading - painting a delicate, melancholic portrait of two people drifting apart beneath the surface of intimacy.
Speaking on the new single, the band shares: “This is the heartbreak that doesn’t shout but lingers; found in half-meant touches and words that no longer reach. “Kiss me softly when you speak in tongues” captures the ache of being misunderstood by someone who once knew you best, while the repeated plea to “pretend” becomes a fragile shield against the truth. It’s not the end that hurts most, but the hollow in-between; where love remains in gesture, but not in meaning. “Sometimes loving you could be the end of a dream” lands like a final breath, marking the quiet moment where memory begins to blur. In the end, For We Are Strangers Again is less a breakup song than a eulogy for something already gone. Tender, distant, and unflinchingly honest.”
From a structural standpoint, In the Hope This Finds You is a masterclass in cohesion. Each of its ten tracks flows seamlessly into the next, continuing Lonesome’s signature approach to musical continuity and emotional immersion. When experienced in the order of release - debut EP, standalone single, and now the full-length album - the trilogy forms an unbroken arc, both sonically and thematically.
But the band doesn’t stop there. They encourage alternate listening configurations, such as splitting In the Hope This Finds You in half and placing the EP between its two sections, yielding an equally uninterrupted experience. Even more compelling is the album’s capacity to loop infinitely: both the opening and closing tracks begin with the same ambient drone, allowing the narrative to repeat endlessly - a subtle yet powerful reflection of the emotional cycles explored throughout the record.
The tracklist itself functions as a sentence - a poetic statement that encapsulates the album’s tone and emotional depth:
“Liar, save your words – can you hear me when I speak to you? You say it's love; we are sleepless. Am I failing myself, for we are strangers again? You are nothing, just like you wrote to me.”
This single, haunting line is intimate, accusatory, reflective, and raw - a perfect mirror of the album’s lyrical world.
Visually and conceptually, the album is built around two symbolic figures: the anonymous figure and the main protagonist. The anonymous figure, whose identity is obscured beneath a red sheet, represents deceit and self-denial - the embodiment of lies we tell ourselves and others. In contrast, the main protagonist is symbolized by a blindfold and a crown. The blindfold suggests ignorance or willful blindness, while the crown symbolizes acceptance and surrender - drawing a deliberate biblical parallel to Jesus and the crown of thorns. Together, these symbols map a journey from deception to painful but necessary self-realization.
‘In the Hope This Finds You’ Tracklisting:
1) Liar
2) Save Your Words
3) Can You Hear Me
4) When I Speak To You
5) You Say It’s Love
6) We Are Sleepless
7) Am I Failing Myself?
8) For We Are Strangers Again
9) You’re Nothing
10) Just Like You Wrote To Me
Lonesome will celebrate the release of their upcoming album with two special shows this October. One of the dates will see the band return to their hometown of Peterborough for a unique headline performance, where fans will have the chance to experience In the Hope This Finds You performed live in full for the very first time.
OCTOBER
9 London The Underworld w/ Grumble Bee
18 Peterborough The Met Lounge
