{"id":4015,"date":"2025-11-23T21:50:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T21:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musiclatvia.lv\/2025\/11\/23\/podruga-releases-the-first-single-and-video-from-the-upcoming-album\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T21:50:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T21:50:09","slug":"podruga-releases-the-first-single-and-video-from-the-upcoming-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musiclatvia.lv\/en\/podruga-releases-the-first-single-and-video-from-the-upcoming-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Podruga releases the first single and video from the upcoming album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"normal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN\">Alternative pop band Podruga has just released the single &#8220;Don&#8217;t Let Me Down&#8221; from their upcoming album \u201cSextasy\u201d coming out in September.<\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"EN\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-g3UbHmTLoc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN\">The melancholic dance track is inspired by the 90\u2019s indie electronica. Airy and liberating, it makes you tempted to follow the White Rabbit and find your own Wonderland. The first draft of the song was written by the band&#8217;s vocalist Alise, when she took all of her music equipment and went to a music writing camp in Lithuania all by herself, instinctively recording the feelings of the moment. \u201cThen I realized I\u2019m chasing my own White Rabbit and trusting it to lead me to a better place,\u201d says Alise.<\/span><span lang=\"EN\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN\">The music video follows Alise&#8217;s journey to a kinky Wonderland. It features some of the brightest names in today\u2019s Latvian art world, such as performance artist Evel\u012bna Baha, audiovisual artist Marss The Person, and drag queen Vencheska Baltique.<\/span><span lang=\"EN\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN\">The single was recorded and produced by Edvards Broders (&#8220;The Bad Tones&#8221;) at the &#8220;Red House&#8221; studio in Riga, and mastered by Alberts Levics (&#8220;The Bad Tones&#8221;).<\/span><span lang=\"EN\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN\">&#8220;Podruga&#8221; is: Alise Stefanovi\u010da (vocals, keyboards, flute), Ri\u010dards Dauksts (guitar, keyboards), Jana Petkus (bass guitar) and K\u0101rlis Lazdovskis (drums). The band was formed in 2016. 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