Today, New York City-based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer allie basks in the joy of newfound queer love with "Tiny Colored Pills" and its colorful matching lyric video out now. On the latest iridescent pop tune, allie explores the butterflies and uncertainties within an intoxicating new connection. Plus, Sarah Tudzin (Illuminati Hotties) and allie have launched an all-new podcast, SongDive, which explores all facets of songwriting, music production and audio engineering through a queer, DIY perspective. Listen on all platforms here.
The artist's immersive, evocative self-produced second studio album Every Dog is due out September 27 and available for pre-order now via Snack Shack Tracks (Sarah Tudzin, Illuminati Hotties) and Anxiety Blanket Records. The forthcoming meditative LP is a vulnerable exploration of queer love and one's self, carefully crafted by the artist who wrote, produced and mixed it herself.
What started as a bare, slow ballad has evolved into an upbeat tune that tackles some heavy topics with a warm sense of optimism and nostalgia. The artist says now, after its transformation, the track, "seethes and simmers with a brighter, more propulsive energy that has finally surfaced and made itself known to us, emphasizing the urgency of its lyrics that deal with romantic idealization, suicidal thoughts, and recalling teenage years with a propensity for self-abandonment, drenched in a yearning to belong."
Free-flowing and personal, allie delves into personal subject matter with a distinct sound. "Now, the frayed-around-the-edges, DIY-style of recording reflects the spirit of a song that could've only been written from an unguarded, vulnerable place." Sonically, allie drew drum inspiration from The National's "Apartment Story," with a surf-rock tinge. The drums and guitar come together to further tell the track's story, Allie adds, "Paired with the grit of eighth-note guitar strumming through a tube amp breaking up beautifully into your ears, a different character is achieved; the drums feel buoyant and unserious while the guitar acts as a weight, grounding the instrumental." Its accompanying DIY, vibrant video features the lyrics made with magazine cutouts and collages that mirror its story.
Watch "Tiny Colored Pills" (Official Lyric Video)
Every Dog is a twenty-seven minute-long, highly-focused collection of sonic portraits, with each song offering uniquely immersive, richly-layered meditations on queer love, isolative depression, Western U.S. road trips, and singing through the pages of a personal journal. The album has proven to be a crucial creative and spiritual outlet for the artist, who says, "'Every Dog' highlights different growths I’ve experienced as a songwriter, in the efficacy of both more abstract-leaning and literal-leaning types of storytelling." Equipped with a renewed sense of self and newfound creative freedom, allie continues, "I felt freer to write about my own experiences and wherever else my imagination took me, worrying less about fitting in with other artist peers, and just wanting to make something that felt fair and real and true to my life in this vast and crazy world."
Seamlessly melding emotionally evocative lyricism with memorable and catchy pop-song formats, songwriter Allie Cuva has returned with Every Dog to showcase the work of an experienced young artist, driven toward songs with urgency, poise, and passion. The seven-song album feels like an easily-accessible portal of the personal. Producing and mixing the record herself, allie tactfully designed the recordings from beginning-to-end. The overall winning quality of this album is achieved through allie’s artistic vulnerability and willingness to share secrets with the audience, understanding that through such door-opening, an invitation for a powerful, cathartic and personal interpretive listening experience is made possible.
New York City proved to play a pivotal role in the album's story and creation and how allie relates to herself and the world around her. After relocating from Detroit and Nashville, the musician explains, "'Every Dog'” emerged as a bit of a montage-based glimpse into how moving to New York City has changed the way I’m able to interact with my surrounding environment. Having lived most of my life in suburban-type sprawls of Michigan and Tennessee, I’m not sure anything could have prepared me for the vibrancy or constancy of NYC."
The title track, which arrived last month, sweetly explores self-discovery–a harmonically nutritious meditation on the journeys of supporting an ex-lover and learning more about one’s self in the process. The track similarly holds New York City in its DNA. The artist says, "I understand “Every Dog” to be a somewhat abstract representation of my own journey and the journeys of my loved ones, especially artist friends, to find solace in such a trying, chaotic environment here in NYC." It was recorded in Brooklyn with bandmates Alex Harwood (guitar), Maxwell Zikakis (bass/synth), and Patrick Freeman (drums).
In July, allie shared the album's lead single with "Radio Shower,"–an impressionistic, nylon-strung montage of aging, loss, and love that ponders the passage of time over gentle guitar plucks and soothing vocals. Inspired by Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, the track is written in alternative tuning and is sonically layered and textured with several instrumental parts. The artist repeatedly second guessed herself, re-recording vocals several times, and learned the benefits and risks that come with experimenting in the studio.
Allie Cuva, who performs under the moniker allie, is a songwriter, producer, mix engineer, multi-instrumentalist and performer. She began writing music at the age of twelve in her hometown of Detroit, Michigan and later moved to Nashville to hone musical skillset and form her artistic identity. The artist then went on to tour extensively as the drummer for indie pop rocker Cavetown. The musician's 2021 debut LP Maybe Next Time garnered support from Brooklyn Vegan, Atwood Magazine, Our Culture Magazine and more. The LP was followed up by a 7-inch included on Saddle Creek's Document Series with "cast iron," produced by Ryan Hemsworth (Tinashe, Mitski) under Quarter-Life Crisis which FLOOD Magazine called "an affecting rumination on connection." With her forthcoming rich, vibrant indie-rock project, filled with purple gel-penned iridescent bedroom bangers, allie aims to queer a space so often dominated by men and hopes to genuinely connect listeners based on broad, relatable themes of humanity through a lesbian, trans, leftist lens.
"Tiny Colored Pills," the swirling, spirited warm love song by allie is out now. The artist's responsibly sentimental second, self-produced album Every Dog is due out September 27 and available to pre-order now via Snack Shack Tracks and Anxiety Blanket Records.
Listen to the new podcast by allie and Sarah Tudzin, SongDive, now here as Sarah, Allie, and special guests discuss the techniques and lessons learned that shaped their recent albums, as well as what they’re most excited about in the realm of recording and producing music today. Connect with allie now on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube and stay tuned for much more to come.
Watch "Every Dog" (Official Video) | Listen Listen: "Radio Shower" | 
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