Dark-Pop band RIVALS is not slowing down as they release their third single this year. Following the string of confident tracks, “Bleeding Star” empowers fans to break through their generational trauma to build a new and brighter future.

With their summer headliner wrapped up, RIVALS show no sign of stopping as they hit the road again as direct support for Dragged Under this fall. Lead singer Kalie Wolfe had this to say about the new single:

“Bleeding Star” is a song about breaking generational trauma. By not letting the trauma our parents put on us throughout our lives be put back into this world. That we are the generation that is breaking the toxicity that was the past and becoming the new future. We find our vices and become new and whole in our own ways. We are the new generation, we will break the cycle.” – Kalie Wolfe

RIVALS’ latest album, Sad Looks Pretty on Me, exists in two worlds. The Los Angeles quartet — vocalist Kalie Wolfe, bassist Sebastian Clarke, guitarist Micket Woodle, and drummer Josh Alves — draw a wobbly line between blossoming pop-rock and wilting post-hardcore, often alternating between sides for earth-shattering effects.

By wearing their inspirations proudly (and enlisting the help of contemporaries), RIVALS clamour for the attention of both radio listeners and bedroom moshers. Their explosive live act—which has garnered the attention of audiences nationwide—will wear this new set of songs.

Bleeding Star” empowers fans to break through their generational trauma

Try this on for size: how many songs have you heard that begin like “Fake Rich,” out of the gate with stuttering percussion, but end up turning the corner with a gnarly breakdown courtesy of Cane Hill frontman Elijah Witt? It’s a perfect distillation of the band’s core ethos: create a club hit, curl it around sneering guitars and urgent drums, and tear it down.

While this mentality of pop-metal destruction is relentless and well-stocked here, like on the pitch-shifted alt-metal of “On the Loose” and the dirtied, jagged synth-rock of “Little Mistakes,” Wolfe and company are concerned with the creation, too. From the ashes of tortuous mental anguish, RIVALS always rise to the challenge of confronting demons head-on—while fashioning their moods into something irresistible.