Today I’m thrilled to bring everyone the latest single and video from NYC-based rock band, Native Sun, called “No.” On this picturesque video, Native Sun evoke the right emotions through their unique brand of music that has previously earned praise from Rolling Stone, FLOOD, and more. The band shared, “‘No’ captures the tension of trying to hold onto yourself while the world is pulling you in different directions. It’s feeling of swinging between overload and emptiness, between faith and disillusionment. You’re searching for a foothold while the ground keeps shifting beneath you.” If you’re enjoying the single, you can stay on top of the latest Native Sun news here.
You say “No” captures the tension of trying to hold onto yourself while the world pulls you in different directions. How do you stay grounded while you’re spread thin or watching the world unravel?
By holding onto both anger and hope. Anger sharpens your perspective. Hope gives you the strength to keep going. Staying grounded means staying rooted in reality and what’s right in front of you. It’s about real people, real community, making art, and creating disruption. When everything feels like it’s collapsing, the only thing you can control is how you respond.
The contrast you described — trying to hold onto yourself while being pulled apart — feels mirrored in the structure of the song. The verses feel buoyant and psychedelic, while the choruses explode. Was that intentional?
That contrast is at the song’s core. It mirrors how life feels right now… calm one moment, chaotic the next. It’s an emotional whiplash. The instability is intentional and reflects the world we’re living in. The ground is always shifting.
You’ve announced your debut LP, Concrete Language. How does “No” fit into the larger themes of the record?
“No” is central to Concrete Language. The record is about living in contradiction: being visible but unheard, sold a dream but living through struggle, expected to define yourself in terms you never chose. We wrote it inside that tension, chasing clarity in a world that keeps distorting the truth. The songs are raw and rooted in lived experience. Shaped by city pressure, erasure, and growing up in systems that don’t want you to fully exist. The record moves between noise and clarity, disillusionment and love. “No” is the breaking point. The refusal. A rejection of the lie and a step toward something real.