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Dive Star materialized spontaneously at the stroke of midnight during the final song at a pom inside of a smoke-filled casino bowling alley beside a lonely stretch of highway on a hot rainy night, tears in their bleary eyes and shots of 99 Rootbeers in their beleaguered breasts. When their sad slow song went silent and the heavy neon-drenched fog lifted from the stage, they had disappeared without a trace, leaving behind only the bittersweet sonic palimpsest of a timeless melancholic melody buzzing in the crowd’s drunken ears, deep longing lingering in their haunted hearts.

In moments of sparse clarity, and in those shrouded behind layered blankets of distortion, these songs each approach the elusive human truths that lie just outside the scope of understanding. Rose Ewing writes with moving honesty and gentleness, weaving together everything from ineffable grief to quiet encounters with the sublime, as Emma Shaw, Michael Whelan, and Ben Ewing join to create the lush sonic environment in which the songs unfold.

Kid Fears evolved out of Rose Ewing’s solo songwriting project, and began playing shows as a full band in Atlanta in 2021. Their musical style draws influence from slowcore and shoegaze giants Low and My Bloody Valentine as well as contemporary songwriters like Grouper, Midwife and Gia Margaret.