Momma - "Cross Your Heart"

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Photo by Steph Rinzler

Welcome to My Blue Sky was a highlight of the first half of this year, and Momma recently announced a deluxe edition of the album. One of the new songs on this re-release is "Cross Your Heart," which could have been one of the best songs on the initial release. It's a dreamy alt-rock track reminiscent of a lot of our favorite mid-90's artists. It's like a modern alt-pop influenced version of Veruca Salt or that dog, with a ton of guitar fuzz and vocal harmonies. As with most songs from Momma, "Cross Your Heart" is completely mesmerizing, and has such a sunny feel that's perfect for our never ending New England summer.

The band says of their latest single:

​“This was one of the first songs we started working on in the writing process for Welcome to My Blue Sky. We actually were messing around with this one during soundchecks while we were still touring Household Name. We always knew it had potential but we could never fully crack it, and this was one of the first songs we started working on in the writing process for Welcome to My Blue Sky. It’s about a forbidden romance and sneaking around with another person.”

You can watch the video for "Cross Your Heart" below. Welcome to My Blue Sky (Deluxe Edition) is due out November 14 on Polyvinyl Record Co and Lucky Number, and is available to pre-save here. For more on Momma, check out the band's website. Upcoming tour dates are below the video and include Something In the Way Festival January 31 and February 1 at Roadrunner in Boston.


10/31 - Brussels, BE - Les Nuits Botanique Weekender

11/01 - Amsterdam, NL - London Calling - Paradiso

11/03 - Cologne, DE - MTC %

11/04 - Paris, FR - Pitchfork Paris at Le Trabendo

11/06 - Glasgow, Scotland - King Tut's Wah Wah Hut # [SOLD OUT]

11/07 - Manchester, UK - Gorilla #

11/08 - London, UK - Pitchfork London

11/09 - Bristol, UK - Thekla

11/11 - London, UK - The Garage

11/12 - Dublin, IE - The Workmans Club !

11/20 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel >

11/21 - Hamden, CT - Space Ballroom > [SOLD OUT]

11/22 - Asbury, NJ - Asbury Lanes >

01/18 - Tokyo, Japan - Space Odd  

01/19 - Tokyo, Japan - Space Odd  

01/21 - Brisbane, AUS - Crowbar +

01/23 - Sydney, AUS - Oxford Art Factory +

01/24 - Melbourne, AUS - Max Watts +

01/31 - 02/01- Boston, MA - Something In The Way Festival  


% w/ Teethe

# w/ Bloody Death

! w/ Hitmen

> w/ Narrow Head & Jawdropped

+ w/ Armlock

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