Release Radar: LA-based artist Deserta releases his new single, 'Lost In The Weight'

Deserta, the LA-based solo project of Matthew Doty (Saxon Shore, Midnight Faces) is today returning with his new single, "Lost In The Weight" which is out via Felte. The new single marks the first new music from Doty since his KEXP and NPR-tipped debut album, Black Aura My Sun which found comparisons to Slowdive and Sigur Ros with its billowing shoegaze guitars. Mixed by David Fridmann of Tame Impala, MGMT, Flaming Lips, and Mogwai and engineered by Chris Coad of TV On The Radio, Amen Dunes, Slowdive the welcome return from Doty brings a leveling-up in his approach to the genre harnessing spiraling guitars and mammoth soundscapes.

Speaking about the new single, Matthew says: "This song came from a place of exhaustion, frustration and the necessity to create. LITW trudges away on the same bass note for most of its six and a half minutes. It has moments of release, but even those moments are meant to feel heavy. This was the first song I tracked with Chris Coady and while we were setting up mics I said something along the lines of "Please make this sound as good as possible, I can't work as a nurse much longer." And though I somehow doubt releasing seven-minute "singles" will bring about financial independence, I feel that we created some beauty from all of those darker parts."

Doty's time as part of the Philadelphia-based post-rock group, Saxon Shore found him release five albums and an EP, founding the group with former bandmate, Josh Tillman (Father John Misty). Since then, he went on to form Midnight Faces, earning acclaim at SPIN, The AV Club, Consequence, VICE and more before releasing solo material under the Deserta moniker in 2020.