Lockimara is the project of NYC artist Nicholas Gay, this week, he has released new song “Every Day.” The track is his latest single off his forthcoming album Only Sun. The LP sees the artist sorting through the end of a long-term relationship. “This song is maybe the most indicative of where I am as an artist.

Says Gay: I wrote all of these intricate melodies and lines to try to make the guitar chords sound as euphoric as they did in my head, only to end up literally reversing, slowing down, and chopping up every single one until they were not only unrecognizable, but also melancholic and surreal. It seems like no matter how happy or momentous I try to make my music, the melodies I will always resonate with are more restrained and conflicted,” he explains. “The lyrics to this song are similar. Initially about expressing love and gratitude for my relationships, they landed somewhere closer to love, gratitude, and disappointment.” “Every Day” is accompanied by a video, and follows singles “Tastes Like” and “December,” and Only Sun. Only Moon will be released on July 24, 2026, via Play Dead.

In 2024, Gay left a job in social work in Vancouver and moved to Toronto in order to reunite with his past band members from university, looking to revive Lockimara’s live presence after years of only writing and recording. The move forced him to finally commit fully to a career in music, and resulted in his 2025 debut album, A Vision Again. The striking 14-song collection was an ode to Gay’s longing to join the pantheon of his influences, which range from early obsessions like Elliott Smith, the Postal Service, and My Bloody Valentine–who compelled him to teach himself guitar and piano as a teenager, chasing their ability to make melancholy feel like relief–to later inspirations that include A.G. Cook, Spirit of the Beehive, and Imogen Heap.

A year later, he found himself moving again, this time to New York to pursue a master’s degree in music production, all as a long-term relationship came to an end. Amidst this migration and tumult, and using his continual commitment to music as a north star, Gay began to adopt new perspectives on life. The confidence and flexibility of his early twenties had been slowly fading, and he felt a deeper sense of humility and respect for his changing environments and communities. Only Sun, Only Moon emerged out of these feelings: fear, anger, desperation, and awe all felt closer than ever before, and he was compelled to explore that musically. Gay wrote and produced the album in its entirety, and performs nearly all the instrumentation himself. Through the process, he also discovered a new creative side of himself in songs that lean into a dancey, electronic pop sound that was hinted at in his prior release, but never fully realized.

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