There is a type of musical promises that sound most honest precisely when the author himself admits that keeping them is impossible. This is a different conversation about obligations, strictly personal, spoken more for oneself than for anyone else. The debut EP from RIOT SON (Boone, NC) will be released on May 24, 2026, works on exactly this principle: ‘My Love Is A Promise That I Can’t Keep’ establishes the terms of listening before the very first track. Here is a surrender of positions. Here love exists in the subjunctive mood, and it is precisely this that makes it real.

‘Heartbreak, Indie, Emo’

-PurpleMistress

His vector, already marked by the single ‘Loneliest at Best,’ is directed at narrowing the angle of vision to the extremely personal, away from the hype machine and genre flirtation with trends. In the EP ‘My Love Is A Promise That I Can’t Keep’ from RIOT SON you will hear a whole multitude of influences and styles all at once. For example, the guitar parts turn to a jangly aesthetic, and the overall mood of the sound is reminiscent of early 2000s emo with a pinch of indie sound. It is precisely this that makes the EP ‘My Love Is A Promise That I Can’t Keep’ memorable and recognizable. Absolutely recommended!