Letdown. is ready to embrace the positive. The Texas-born, Nashville-based alt-rocker, singer, and multi-instrumentalist has tackled a slew of personal demons—many of which turned up on his catharsis-packed debut EP, 2023’s Crying In The Shower—in order to come out on the other side, stronger than ever.

 

The prolific artist’s latest batch of songs, which he is constantly churning out as a therapeutic way to process daily life, are upbeat, hook-packed anthems that invite audiences to shout along in unison.

 

“I think I’m at the end of writing about my problems,” Coddington muses. “I’ve been putting myself through emotional music therapy for three years now, and it’s working. I’m finally looking back and laughing for the first time. I consider it the upswing of the depression. I’m about to enter this whole new phase in my life. Everything feels new again for the first time.”

 

Ever since he first began releasing music in 2020, Letdown. (real name Blake Coddington) has poured his soul into crafting soaring rock anthems that vulnerably chronicle his mental health journey and sonically intersect with punk/emo, electronic, and pop.

 

Posting a series of unguarded videos to TikTok, Letdown. has seen his following grow to more than 675K, nearly 1M monthly listeners on Spotify, and over 100K on Instagram—not even counting the 200M total streams his songs have earned. This growing popularity has led to extensive nationwide and European touring, allowing Letdown. to connect with fans across the globe.

 

“That’s the greatest part of this,” Coddington says of his more buoyant direction. “We’re all dancing around the studio. It’s the most natural writing I’ve ever done…”

 

The song “Hate Myself”—his collaboration with producer Carlo—became his second Top 25 single at Alternative radio, signaling his rising profile and the impact of his emotionally honest songwriting.

He continues to unpack tough emotions in tracks like:

If anything unites Letdown.’s debut album, it’s his ability to mix audible joy with emotional darkness, creating cathartic, uplifting music that turns hardship into healing.

 

“The music I’m writing currently has been a lot more fun than it ever has been, and a lot less depressing. This is what’s been handed to me—now I’m gonna have to make something awesome.”
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YOUTHYEAR is the moniker of Eric Paquette, a Nashville based artist, songwriter, and producer hailing from Western Massachusetts. YOUTHYEAR’s upcoming releases and sound are an alt-rock collection of post-party/post-relationship songs with elements of 90s nostalgia, hip-hop, nü-school pop-punk and also draws influence from the more melodic side of grunge. Themes of self-sabotage and struggling with sobriety are juxtapositioned with bright colorful melodies and are a reflection of Eric’s own experience with addiction and the darker corners of his recovery journey.