Stockholm/Berlin — Swedish post-punk newcomers Gone Future release their debut single ‘The Middle’ via Duchess Box Records (Berlin).

‘The Middle’ is a song about being caught between two life chapters. “The first was my late teens and early twenties — the bottles, hearts, and diamonds,” says the band’s lyricist. “I left music when I was 22, after a six-year career. I felt lost and didn’t know if, or when, I would ever return to the scene. The second chapter is about finally disarming, getting back up, and moving on from what has been.”

The track was the first song the band wrote together during early studio sessions — an organic jam that helped shape their emerging sound. A notable detail: the Solina keyboard featured on the track is the same instrument used on Mando Diao’s iconic hit ‘Dance With Somebody.’

A few months later, ‘The Middle’ was finalized with the finishing touches of mixing engineer Matt Wignall, and when the band heard the first mixed bounce, they instantly knew it had to be their debut single.