{"id":3331,"date":"2023-05-09T19:55:35","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T00:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=3331"},"modified":"2023-05-09T19:55:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T00:55:36","slug":"unhappily-ever-now-addresses-loss-trauma-with-new-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=3331","title":{"rendered":"Unhappily Ever Now\u00a0Addresses Loss &amp; Trauma With New Single"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/UNHAPPY.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3332\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/UNHAPPY.png 700w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/UNHAPPY-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/UNHAPPY-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Industrial rock band,&nbsp;<strong>Unhappily Ever Now<\/strong>&nbsp;has just announced their first new single since their 2021 self-titled debut EP.&nbsp; \u201cPleading (The Haunting of Scars)\u201d explores the self-doubt experienced when personal growth comes from great loss and trauma. Dark, gritty, melodic and emotional, yet unique.<br><br>With a familiar dark-alt sound like that of&nbsp;<strong>Stabbing Westward<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>TOOL,&nbsp; A Perfect Circle<\/strong>, and&nbsp;<strong>Rammstein<\/strong>, &#8220;Pleading&#8221; delivers a fresh approach from the band. The track features male and female vocals, a unique blend of organic and electronic instrumentation, and intense, yet melodic vocal phrases. Forthcoming remixes of the single include collaborations with JP Anderson of&nbsp;<strong>Rabbit Junk<\/strong>&nbsp;and Walter Flakus of&nbsp;<strong>Stabbing Westward<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Unhappily Ever Now<\/strong>\u00a0is available on all major streaming platforms including Bandcamp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"Unhappily Ever Now :: Pleading (The Haunting of Scars) :: Official Single Promo\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dcFWRkFIwqs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">The video that accompanies the single release was produced and directed by Joel Lopez of Lumbra Productions and filmed onsite predominantly at Haunted White Hill Mansion in New Jersey.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/unhappilyevernow.com\/new-single-pleading-the-haunting-of-scars?fbclid=IwAR2jDPvwIxkIatADwo3eNCyvH-epY-_LaTnFLTSmNj2LRkZHYE3YSKyK6b4\" target=\"_blank\">Buy\/Stream @ www.unhappilyevernow.com<\/a><br><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Unhappily Ever Now<\/strong>\u00a0is composed of songwriter, Stephen Watson (<strong>Cleopatra Records, Green Jelly<\/strong>), lead performer and songwriter, Maria V (vocals, lyrics, and melodies) and drummer, Dan Milligan. Mixed and mastered by\u00a0<strong>Joy Thieves Productions.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;Industrial rock band,&nbsp;Unhappily Ever Now&nbsp;has just announced their first new single since their 2021 self-titled debut EP.&nbsp; \u201cPleading (The Haunting of Scars)\u201d explores the self-doubt experienced when personal growth comes from great loss and trauma. Dark, gritty, melodic and emotional, yet unique. With a familiar dark-alt sound like that of&nbsp;Stabbing Westward,&nbsp;TOOL,&nbsp; A Perfect Circle, and&nbsp;Rammstein,&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=3331\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Unhappily Ever Now\u00a0Addresses Loss &amp; Trauma With New Single<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3333,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3331\/revisions\/3333"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}