ZOON Shares New Single + Video, "I Was Younger" via FLOOD | 'Happy Thought School' LP Out 6/19 via Paper Bag Records

ZOON Shares Single + Video "I Was Younger" via FLOOD  HAPPY THOUGHT SCHOOL LP Out 6/19 via Paper Bag Records Photo by ZOON

PRE-SAVE/PRE-ORDER: ZOON - HAPPY THOUGHT SCHOOL LP Pre-Save | Pre-Order LISTEN/WATCH & SHARE: ZOON - "I Was Younger" Stream | Watch LISTEN/WATCH & SHARE: ZOON - "One Too Many Nights" (feat. Sam Jr.) Stream | Watch PRAISE FOR ZOON "In their brief yet prolific tenure as Zoon, the Toronto-based composer Daniel Monkman has reoriented shoegaze away from an insular, obfuscating aesthetic into a modern form of folk music—a vehicle through which they can tell their story, commune with friends, and catalog the human condition." -Pitchfork “The music arrives in dusty, amorphous gusts of sound — sometimes revealing a strummed acoustic guitar, sometimes swelling with tremolo strings, sometimes surrounding Monkman with high, delayed vocals — that make every perception sound fragile and precious.” -The New York Times "One Too Many Nights" feels like a fitting introduction to Happy Thoughts School, which seems to itself reframe a difficult time in Monkman's life by passing on the hard-won wisdom of how they got through it. Like any Zoon record, unsettling identity-formation processes remain at the core, but pop-forward melodies seeping in pay homage to a timeless shelter." -Exclaim! "Perhaps the first thing that strikes you about Daniel Monkman's music is the storytelling." -The Fader "With a hint of psychedelia and a plethora of prowess, Zoon immerses the listener in a world they can call their own, one built on the back of experimentation without alienating a single soul. There is an unpredictability to “One Too Many Nights” that keeps the listener coming back, with each listen revealing another layer of this single.  HAPPY THOUGHT SCHOOL is shaping up to be a landmark release for Zoon if this first single is any indication of what is to be expected. The artist raises the bar with a beautifully crafted, warping ballad that balances Zoon’s singularity with their infectious tendencies." -Glide Magazine "Zoon’s music is dreamy, atmospheric and beautifully incorporates traditional elements. There are superficial comparisons to My Bloody Valentine and Yo La Tengo, but Zoon’s sound is distinctively unique, gently psychedelic and highly emotional." -Post-Punk "...the experimental Anishinaabe musician weaves the past, present and future together into a symphony of sound, light and storytelling. The results are both moving and kaleidoscopic." -CBC "Monkman is the entity behind the atmospheric band Zoon, is on a journey to understand life’s complexities, and uses music to heal, learn, and evolve, all while staying true to being a two-spirit being and carrying on the rich heritage of the Anishinaabe people." -Quip Mag "Monkman was once a kid who kept their angst bottled up and tried to pass without notice. Now it’s difficult to look away from their joyful rebellion." -Range Last month, ZOON the Anishinaabe-Canadian shoegaze project returned with the announcement of their highly anticipated third long player, HAPPY THOUGHT SCHOOL out June 19, 2026 via Paper Bag Records.  Lead single, "One Too Many Nights" feat Sam Jr. (of Broken Social Scene) was met with critical acclaim, with Exclaim! noting that track, "embraces a grunge-pop bent on Zoon's career-defining moccasin-gaze sound," and Glide Magazine predicted that HAPPY THOUGHT SCHOOL will be a landmark release for the artist. Today, ZOON shares, "I Was Younger," a triumphant and ethereal anthem centered on reflection, forgiveness, and self-compassion.  "I Was Younger is about the break up of two people who wanted the same thing but there was a force that just wouldn’t let it happen," ZOON shares. "In those moments we try and try to make anything work, but in the end people fall in and out of love. This was my interpretation of something similar I went through as a young person. They add, "I teamed up with Chris Chu of the 2010’s indie band called “The Morning Benders”. Their album Big Echo showed me that I wanted some of that pop and lo-fi influence." On HAPPY THOUGHT SCHOOL, ZOON delivers their most emotionally forensic and compositionally expansive statement to date. The album refracts heartbreak, relapse, racial trauma, and spiritual recalibration through a cosmic moccasin-gaze pop, shaped by memory and tape hiss.  "I Was Younger" is out April 29th. HAPPY THOUGHT SCHOOL is out June 19th via Paper Bag Records.  ZOON - I Was Younger (Official Video) Single Artwork HAPPY THOUGHT SCHOOL TRACKLISTING 1. Beautiful II 2. One Too Many Nights (feat. Sam Jr.) 3. Atactic 4. I Was Younger 5. Happy Thought School 6. OMNI II 7. Olivia's Tears  8. You Can't See Me (This Low) 9. How Many More Times  10. Used and Stapled (One Last Dance) ZOON BIO: On HAPPY THOUGHT SCHOOL, ZOON delivers their most emotionally forensic and compositionally expansive statement to date. Releasing June 19, 2026 via Paper Bag Records, the album refracts heartbreak, relapse, racial trauma, and spiritual recalibration through a cosmic moccasin-gaze pop, shaped by memory and tape hiss. The title references their experiences at a school in East Selkirk, Manitoba, where despite its optimistic name they endured racism as one of the only Native students. Pop radio became refuge: early-2000s Top 20 hits blasting through headphones while they stood alone in a field. That contradiction joyful surface, painful sublayer defines the record’s architecture.