The internet’s favorite underground indie band is logging on in a big way. Late Night Drive Home has officially announced their debut album, ‘as I watch my life online,’ dropping June 27 via Epitaph Records. After building a cult-like following through raw, DIY releases and existential online musings, the El Paso-bred quartet is finally stepping into the big leagues—with professional studio sessions to prove it. Pre-save it now before the algorithm buries it.
The band kickstarts this new era with “terabyte,” a glitch-ridden fever dream of a lead single that dives headfirst into the paradox of online addiction. If their previous work felt like scrolling through late-night Tumblr posts, this track is the sonic equivalent of staring too long into a screen until reality distorts. Stream it now before your phone dies.
“Over-exposed and over-stimulated, desensitized to what is real and what is fabricated,” frontman Andre Portillo says of the album’s themes. “This constant need for more of you has become a Pandora’s box. You’ve made me. You’ve destroyed me. I sometimes wonder why I can’t live without you.”
Blending grunge-heavy nostalgia with a modern indie sheen, ‘as I watch my life online’ channels the ghosts of Sonic Youth and Smashing Pumpkins, while pulling the listener into the fractured digital age. The self-taught band—Portillo, Juan “Ockz” Vargas, Brian Dolan, and Freddy Baca—rose from the sleepy border towns of El Paso, TX, and Chaparral, NM, crafting music as an escape from the mundane. Their breakthrough single “Stress Relief” sent them rocketing across festival stages at Coachella, Shaky Knees, ACL, and Kilby Block Party, proving that their bedroom-born sound had legs.
But now? They’re done just existing online. ‘as I watch my life online’ marks the beginning of a new, more expansive Late Night Drive Home—one where their teenage angst and internet-fueled self-awareness collide into something darker, bolder, and impossible to ignore.
The future is streaming, but don’t just watch their life online—be there for it.
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