MX LONELY – Perfect House
Today, New York band MX LONELY are excited to announce their new EP, PERFECT HOUSE, available October 2, 2026 via Julia’s War Recordings.
The first preview, “March 16th (Feat. Caitlin Starr),” arrives today with an official music video directed by go-to collaborator Owen Lehman.
Reflecting on a complicated relationship with sugar rush highs and destructive lows, the band reckons with reality as they sing “We’ve been here before / We’ve gone alone / Now we’re back for more / I’m on my own.” “March 16th” explodes around its choruses, as harmonies reach total catharsis with vocals from Caitlin Starr. The video features an all-out party, complete with a black-and-white-clad mosh pit.
Of today’s release, the band shares, “March 16th” was originally written as an instrumental during the recording of “ALL MONSTERS.” It was one we all really loved, but didn’t quite fit into the world of the record. When Caitlin came into our studio to track harmonies and additional guitar on “Ex Rae Punk,” we decided in the moment that it would be cool to try some ideas on “March” as well. Caitlin came up with the hook almost immediately, and Jake added a weaving harmony. Rae contributed the counter-melody “I love you so” later on in the tracking process. We did the final take of Caitlin and Jake’s verse/choruses that same night, with both of them tracking vocals live, simultaneously – singing the song through in entire takes, leaving a space for where Rae’s verse would ultimately land.
“Lyrically, “March 16th” references the Brown University shooting, which had happened the day before the session on December 13th, 2025. A friend of Caitlin’s had been in lockdown at the school in the aftermath. The song explores the proximity to tragedy and the cyclical nature of violence: we’ve been here before.”
The band’s debut album, ALL MONSTERS, arrived earlier this year via Julia’s War Recordings. Channeling a heavy, murky alt-rock sound that blends cavernous guitars and soaring vocals with striking moments of beauty, the four-piece excavates past experiences to inform eight raucous songs. Across the record, the band confronts “monsters” as symbols of trauma, addiction, neurodivergence, and self-doubt, turning shadow work into a cathartic act of survival and self-destruction of harmful beliefs. Self-recorded to capture the immediacy of their visceral live shows, the album was praised by Pitchfork, NPR Music, Alternative Press, Stereogum, Paste Magazine, and more.
Known for their memorable live performances, MX LONELY have built a following within the New York scene and toured with contemporaries like The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die, Trauma Ray, Cryogeyser and Midrift. This fall, the band will embark on an expansive European tour, which includes stops at Pitchfork London and London Calling Festival. To celebrate the release of Perfect House, MX LONELY will headline The Meadows in Brooklyn, NY on October 8. Tickets are on sale now and are $15 for the next 24 hours.
★ MX LONELY LIVE 2026 ★
OCTOBER
8 – Brooklyn, NY – The Meadows
30 – Luxembourg, LUX – Les Rotondes
31 – Amsterdam, NL – London Calling Festival
NOVEMBER
1 – Tilburg, NL – Hall Of Fame
3 – Bordeaux, FR – La Maison
4 – Paris, FR – Point Ephemere
5 – Strasbourg, FR – La Grenze
7 – London, UK – Pitchfork Festival
9 – Bristol, UK – The Croft
10 – Dublin, IE – Bello Bar
12 – Glasgow, UK – Nice N Sleazy
13 – Manchester, UK – The Rat & Pigeon
14 – Leeds, UK – Headrow House
15 – Brighton, UK – The Hope & Ruin
16 – Athens, GR – Ilion Plus
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