Having shared the stage with Molchat Doma, Drab Majesty, and Model/Actriz, Rare DM is, aptly, the perfect blend of icily brutalist-electronica, colorful synthwave, and oozing sexuality. When we last heard from Erin Hoagg’s project in 2023, the songwriter was singing longingly of the luxe lifestyle of jacuzzis and sateen silks over an ominous darkwave beat. Fast-forward 18 months and the clubby EBM-like beats remain, though the escapades she envisions take her back to the messy, casual-fun hookups of high school—“Fucks me on the bookshelf / Just like Atonement,” she intones on “Skater Hits Me Harder,” the first look at the artist’s next chapter.
Appropriately, the instrumental is less luxurious than that of “Hotel Jacuzzi,” with the equally nocturnal “Skater” coasting on the causal vibes Hoagg sings about. “‘Skater Hits Me Harder’ is about banging someone and wanting to do it again, and about realizing that your last lover really sucked,” she shares. “But the feeling behind the song is that nothing is better than that first-date kiss—someone holding your hand for the first time. When you don't know if the date is going well, but you have butterflies and are kinda nervous but then they grab your hand and you make out against fences on the way back to your apartment.”
Check out the video for the track below, and expect more from Rare DM soon.
