Brooklyn dream pop band Endearments sign to Trash Casual and release new single and video “Cannon,” with a debut album due in early 2026.

Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter and bassist Kevin Marksson has made a career out of wearing his heart on his sleeve, pouring years of diary entries into the music and lyrics of Endearments. On the project's most recent EP, 2023's self-released, Abe Seiferth-produced, It Can Be Like This, Marksson and his bandmates -- Anjali Nair (guitar) and Will Haywood Smith (drums) -- channel their frontman's introspections into lush, reverb-soaked pop that evoke 4AD Records' heyday and Roxy Music. The trio recently signed to Trash Casual, who released their latest single "Cannon." Continuing an ongoing collaboration with Abe Seiferh, "Cannon" showcases a cinematic sound that features glistening synth oscillations, propulsive drumming and bursts of angular guitar paired with a rousingly anthemic hook and chorus serving as a lush, brooding bed for Marksson's achingly yearning, melancholic delivery. The result is a song that simultaneously seems to nod at Simple Minds and Tears for Fears, as well as contemporaries like Nation of Language and others while anchored around deeply introspective, lived-in lyricism. Directed by Gabriel Stanley, the accompanying video for "Cannon" employs a simple, bare-boned concept: Marksson singing and dancing to the song in a spotlight filled studio and gradually soaked by rain. “‘Cannon’ is a song about apathy and addiction. It’s about living in a world where we see atrocities unfolding before our eyes, yet choose to willfully ignore or self-medicate because the pain we are witnessing is so overwhelming," Endearments' Kevin Marksson explains. "I knew we needed to keep the music video simple and focused on lyrics and movement. Even though I’m not a trained dancer, we worked with an amazing choreographer, Camilia Araque, who really helped me step out of my comfort zone and throw myself into the experience and emotion of the song.” The Brooklyn-based trio is currently working on their Abe Seiferth-produced full-length debut, slated for an early 2026 release.

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