Mel Denisse isn’t just writing songs – she’s building worlds. Her new single “going nowhere” is a haunting alt-rock/shoegaze dream inspired by The Serpent & the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent. With swirling guitars and cinematic melancholy, the track captures what it feels like to keep moving even when there’s nowhere left to land – torn between loyalty, self-preservation, and the shadows that keep us safe.
Blending grit with grace, Mel’s sound lives where distortion meets delicacy. Raised between Florida and Turkey, she channels a lifetime of dualities into her music – Eastern scales, raw guitar energy, and ethereal vocals that slip between whisper and wail. “I like to ‘frankenstein’ a track,” she says. “If a heavy riff and a delicate melody look wrong together on paper, that’s exactly what pulls me in.”
Her music has already turned heads at BBC Radio 1’s Alternative Show, OnesToWatch, and LADYGUNN, with Spotify spotlighting her on All New Rock. Critics have praised her “reckless ambition of ’90s guitar-rock grit” and her hypnotic blend of fantasy and feeling. Now, “going nowhere” marks the beginning of a new chapter, leading into her highly anticipated EP arriving early 2026 – a collection she says is directly influenced by the books and characters she escapes into.
In the studio, Mel Denisse has collaborated with heavyweights like Carlos de la Garza (Paramore, Best Coast), Ken Andrews (M83), and Micah Tawlks (Hayley Williams, Noah Kahan). But offstage, she’s still the same kid who fell in love with her dad’s guitar – gaming, reading, and dreaming up stories that eventually become songs. “If the song makes you feel a gentle gut-punch, that’s the point,” she says. “I’m slipping mirrors into the track so you have to sit with whatever stares back.”