Idolvein have released a new single, ‘The Ways We Remain’, out on 5 June 2026. The Nottingham quartet call it another change in direction, a pop rock track with a summer feel.
The follow up to ‘Enrapture Me’ pairs a big chorus with the shifts in mood the band are known for, taking in influences from Holding Absence and Periphery to The 1975. Pop rock melodies sit alongside synth and strings, heavy drums and busy bass lines, landing somewhere close to early 2000s emo while keeping the layered sound that runs through their music.
The song is about being stuck on the past and holding on to the idea of how things might have turned out. Singer and guitarist Caelan Rivers has called it some of his most personal writing, and the chorus captures that sense of missing something that was never really there.
That feeling carries into the music too, with bass led grooves, soft synths and clean guitars that nod to acts like The 1975, Balu Brigada and The Midnight, before heavier, more complex rhythms break through and remind you where the band came from. The single comes with an eerie lyric visualiser from animator Ryan Onions, an unsettling contrast to a song that sounds upbeat on the surface.
We were fans of ‘Enrapture Me’, and ‘The Ways We Remain’ is a confident step forward from a band that knows what it does well but is happy to keep us guessing.
‘The Ways We Remain’ is out now on all platforms.
