Celebrating freedom and friendship, Summerland is a tale of summer romance that will set your heart racing and feet pounding.

Photo: Brantley Gutierrez

Serving us a real rush of summer nostalgia, half•alive share cinematic visuals for their irresistible new song, Summerland. The track is a follow up to their previous singles TIME 2 and What’s Wrong which hint at an exciting new chapter for the trio.

Bathed in the golden glow of sunsets, Summerland is an adventurous cut of music, built around kaleidoscopic synth-pop textures and sky-chasing melodies which have quickly become one of the signature elements of half•alive’s thriving sonic universe. Starring Fivel Stewart, the accompanying visuals beautifully portray the blissful moments of summer oblivion and the heartache that comes when the season ends. Euphoric yet bittersweet, the track is a poignant reminder of the passing time as well as a fantasy we all wish we could live in.

Speaking on the song, the band shares:

‘Summerland’ was created from a conversation about patterns I had with my uncle in Oakland, CA sometime last year, specifically, about the patterns of life as seen through the seasons… How the seasons show us the same pattern of the day, & of our life stage, & so much more. I became so fascinated by this pattern & how structural it is to music & art & literature… The romance & fruit of summer (noon, maturity), giving way to the dramatic dying of Autumn (sunset, old age), to the death of Winter (midnight, death), & the rebirth of Spring (sunrise, youth). We’ve always wanted to write a summer song, but the depth of this story made it feel like the summer song of all summer songs. It’s night swims & dancing & late nights with friends & the beach & sun tans, but it’s so much more as well. Summer is the beginning & the end of the story, the golden hour of romance, where all of life is at peace with God & each other & in ourselves, where freedom is savored & where we want to remain forever. So at a glance, it’s just a summer song, but under the surface, it’s that & so much more.