Exclusive track premiere of ‘When I Wake Up’ by hunter & wolfe, taken from the upcoming album, ‘I deserve this.’, out August 4th.

hunter & wolfe, the Brooklyn-based indie-rock duo made up of Michael Maffei and Sundeep Kapur — are releasing a brand new LP entitled I deserve this. on August 4. Sonically, the first glimpses of hunter & wolfe’s new LP — including previous releases ‘Last Time’ and ‘Famous Friends’ — are solid with influences from the likes of Elliot Smith and St. Vincent among other indie-rockers.

Today, hunter & wolfe share the third cut from their forthcoming LP, ‘When I Wake Up,’ alongside an accompanying lyric video and live acoustic performance video.

On the track, Maffei wrote: “When we wrote this record, I was waking up at all hours and struggling to get back to sleep. This song is about the listless feeling that kept me up at night and the difficulty I had shaking it.”

‘I deserve this.’, hunter & wolfe’s forthcoming 11-track album, was written during sleepless nights about sleepless nights. It is about the self-importance to think you deserve something, and the self-loathing to think what you deserve is nothing good. Vocalist Michael Maffei and guitarist Sundeep Kapur’s message of ennui, lost love, and the paradox of choice in the modern era reflect both a seriousness and the self-awareness to not take themselves too seriously.

The songs were written by Michael Maffei, and the record was co-produced by Asher Kurtz, Sundeep Kapur, and Michael Maffei. The record features Michael Maffei (vocals, guitar, piano), Sundeep Kapur (lead guitar), Anders Kapur (bass), Sean Mullins (drums, percussion), Chris Baum (violin), and Asher Kurtz (guitar). It also features vocals from Asher Kurtz (Anyone) and Gabbi Coenen of RVBY MY DEAR (Laugh Lines).

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