Multi-platinum selling indie-rock band, Lovelytheband, unveiled a heavy, soulful ballad “I Should Be Happy.” This is the band’s third release from their forthcoming album due out later this year. The heart-wrenching song, written straight from lead singer  Mitchy Collins’ soul is driven with slow piano riffs and Collins’ passionate, throaty vocals. “I open my heart a bit more than usual on this one,” Collins wrote in a Tweet after the song dropped. The somber lyrics “I should be happy but I’m not / God gave me everything I want / Took a while to catch my breath / Got no respect, no respect for myself / I should be happy / I should be happy but I’m not” come from the heart of someone who’s experienced the feeling of brokenness. We feel this one in our souls. 

Lovelytheband has been teasing fans with their new era, most recently through “I Should Be Happy.” First by changing the color scheme on their social media, then creating a video that summarized their Finding It Hard To Smile era. On January 31, the band released the first single off their new era “Loneliness For Love,” a song written for their first album, but only just found its fit sound. In an interview at BUILD NYC on January 30, Collins explained the many versions that “Loneliness For Love” went through before drummer Sam Price put a sound to it igniting a spark in the band who then knew that that would be the sound. The track peaked at number 8 on the US alternative top 40 charts. Then in March, the band dropped “Waste,” an 80s-inspired record with a LOT of groovy saxophones. 

Lovelytheband’s frontman, Mitchy Collins, announced the formation of the band at the beginning of 2017, the release of their smash hit single “Broken” following shortly after. Starting as just a side project after his previous band Oh Honey (alongside bandmate Danni Bouchard aka Luxtides), took a hiatus, Collins’ world changed as the mental health anthem took off on the alternative charts, throwing him and his bandmates Jordan Greenwald (lead guitar) and Sam Price (drums), on the road for nearly two years. During this time, the band released an EP Everything I Could Never Say, and the debut album Finding It Hard To Smile. Other singles from their previous projects include “These Are My Friends,” and “Maybe I’m Afraid,” which promote their coalition with the LGBTQ+ community in the official music video. The band was also featured on Dillion Francis’ song “Change Your Mind,” which was released at the beginning of 2019. 

The band plans to continue working on their next album, which doesn’t have a release date yet but is said to be released later this year. Lovelytheband was forced to cancel their headlining 2020 Loneliness For Love tour due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

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