Boneyard Lily continues its series of single releases leading up to the Tear Grinder EP with a new track, Friends After Dark, following their debut single You Never Died. The first release has garnered significant streams, especially in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Germany, and Italy, exceeding the band’s expectations.

The new song is darker and more intimate in tone. It draws inspiration from 1990s indie and alternative rock, particularly the melancholic and cinematic sound of Suede. The lyrics were inspired by the film Let Me In, a quiet and visually intense vampire drama based on John Ajvide Lindqvist’s acclaimed novel Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in). The film’s haunting atmosphere played a key role in shaping the song’s emotional and sonic landscape.

The track features rising artist pinjasofia as a guest vocalist, adding a honeyed sense of comfort and sensuality to the song’s raw emotional core. Friends After Dark feels like a soundtrack piece made for the inevitably darkening autumn.

Listen to the single on music services (Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Tidal, Amazon Music etc.): https://push.fm/fl/boneyardlily-fad

–ISRC: FI3FC2596101
–Composers: Jukka Salo, Janne Oinas, Matias Koskimies
–Lyrics: Jukka salo
–Arrangement: Jukka Salo, Janne Oinas, Matias Koskimies, Antti Laitinen & Sami Suominen

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After Finnish doom metal band Planeetta 9 went on an indefinite hiatus in 2023, the band’s songwriting duo Jukka Salo and Sami Suominen cautiously returned to music following a year-long break. Early on, they were joined by Antti Laitinen, a familiar face from Jukka’s previous band projects.

The trio set out to create genre-free, beautiful, and melancholic music, drawing inspiration from 1980s The Cure-style gothic rock, 1990s and 2000s alternative and indie rock and pop, touches of Black Sabbath-inspired riffing, and the atmospheric indie sound of the 2020s à la Cigarettes After Sex.

The first release from this new musical chapter is the single You Never Died – a delicate and deeply personal track dedicated to Jukka’s late aunt.

Listen to the single on music services (Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Tidal, Amazon Music etc.): https://push.fm/fl/boneyardlily-youneverdied

• ISRC: ushm22576105
• Composition: Salo & Suominen
• Lyrics: Salo

The recording and production process also brought in a group of seasoned music professionals outside the core trio, including Janne Oinas (bass), Jere Saarainen (keyboards) Leo Kunnas (drums), Matias Koskimies (mixing), Matias Kiiveri (mastering) and Janne Saksa (studio & recording) each contributing their own strong signature to the project.

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