There’s a kind of ache that lives in the space between holding on and letting go. On latchkey, Indianapolis shoegaze trio Fern Murphy turns that feeling into something vast, swirling, and strangely uplifting.
Written, recorded, and mixed entirely in the band’s home studio during the sessions for their forthcoming album due July 31st, 2026, latchkey captures Fern Murphy at their most emotionally immediate. Drawing from shoegaze, dreampop, and experimental music, the trio continue refining a sound built on rich textures, glowing atmosphere, and layered arrangements that feel intimate and cinematic.
The song follows someone desperately trying to preserve a relationship as time continues its indifferent march forward. Both people carry their own wounds, secrets, and emotional turbulence, creating a dynamic that feels tender yet unstable, haunted by the possibility of collapse. It is a track suspended between comfort and anxiety, where every shimmering guitar line seems to push against the inevitability of change.
latchkey feels sad without becoming hopeless, finding release in its restless energy and depth.
ZR