HIGHWAYVES is a collective that has the potential to be one of the most known name in the scene. There are so many great things that are going on in their debut track “Frame It” that has you loving it and hating yourself for loving it too much. Opening in a star-drenched, mood-filled dreamscape, the first sound of guitars pull your in, transporting you directly to that tender, personal space of love, happiness, and memory. Reverberant and immersive, the experience is as close as two naked hearts, but there’s also the obscurity of which details are blurred along the river of memory.

What’s truly mind blowing is how HIGHWAYES shifts their energy collectively and crafts a beautifully explosive buildup. From that precious state, they drives off the bridge with catharsis and angst. They are as vulnerable and honest as anyone could be, and they connect to listeners directly through music and emotions without the distraction of being overly explicit. HIGHWAYES is a band that remind you the reason you love music—its ability to articulate and convey feelings and emotions that exist in non-linear spaces.

Mesmerizing melodies lock into your mind. Their storytelling draws you in even deeper, having you invested into the story that the song holds, like it is a sacred place, an universe where it exists, which is almost exclusively heard in songs from mainstream artists. Though it centers on the singer’s own feelings, it tells a story from every aspect: with full sensory experiences woven into the sonics. The piercing pain and suffocation. The heart-wrenching fragility. The smoky, aggressive intoxication. Then the soaring, scream, torn vocal that breaks, heartbroken but free.