Hollow Star is back with a new single, “Elegy” and it’s another good reason to spend some time with this project. The first thing that stands out is the voice. It has a lot of character and the performance carries the song without trying too hard. The melodies are strong too with a steady energy that fans of his earlier releases will recognise.
There is a personal story behind this one. “Elegy” looks at the difficulty of saying goodbye to someone you love. Rather than making the subject bigger than it needs to be, the song stays close to that simple problem, knowing a goodbye is coming, but not wanting to say the words. It gives the lyrics an honest touch and the message comes through clearly without needing a long explanation.
The music gives that story good room. The instrumentation is rich and there are so much details in the arrangement you’ll enjoy. The guitars and the wider sound design add so much depth while the professional production and mixing keep everything clear. There is a good balance between the different parts and the track has raw energy without losing its emotional side.
If you have listened to Hollow Star before, you will know that strong melodies and a confident vocal are part of what makes this project worth following. One of his old releases, “Capital” is still one of our favourites, it’s a track we have returned to almost every week since last year. “Elegy” gives us another reason to keep coming back. We really enjoyed this one, from the honest writing to the performance and the work behind the sound. Hollow Star has done it again and we are already looking forward to hearing what comes next.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
After the raw-nerve vulnerability of Listen, Micah Lopez tightens the screws. “Sunset” is Hollow Star at its most nervy and direct—a standalone mission statement that strips away everything but choppy, Johnny Marr-style guitar work and the jittery intensity of early Cure. If “Listen” mapped the geography between longing and letting go, “Sunset” plants a flag in the present tense.
Originally released under his birth name and quickly pulled in dissatisfaction, the track has been remixed and remastered—sharper, more focused, uncompromising. It’s the sound of an artist who refused to release another note until he found a name that fit, and now that
Hollow Star has arrived, there’s no looking back.
Micah became a songwriter through obsessive reverse-engineering—learning Joy Division’s “Ceremony” note-for-note as a teenager, mastering every instrument until his bandmate let him out of the room. That discipline shows in “Sunset,” where every guitar line locks into
place with architectural precision. But precision isn’t the point—urgency is. The track crackles with the friction between controlled chaos and dreamy collapse, a sound that refuses to sit still.
Micah compares himself to Johnny Marr and Robert Smith when he writes—not because he thinks he’s their equal, but because, when life is this short, they’re the only competition worth having. “Sunset” proves he’s willing to take the fight to them.
