Today, the duo The Leaving, comprised of Martin Doherty (CHVRCHES) and Jonny Scott, announce their debut album Ultimate Buzz, set for release on April 24, via Avenue A / Futures ✦ / Virgin Records. Alongside the announcement, they’ve released their single, “Fluoxetine,” written and produced by both members, following earlier tracks “Pray” and “Saved”.
“Fluoxetine” finds The Leaving staring straight into grief and coming back changed. Built from existential doubt, love, and the need to be a source of comfort when you feel utterly unqualified, the song wrestles with belief, loss, and the desperate desire to absorb someone else’s pain. Born from insomnia, hallucination, and fleeting euphoria, “Fluoxetine” captures the moment sorrow transforms into strength.
The Leaving is a new band formed by Doherty and Scott, longtime friends, collaborators, and LA-based expats of the Glaswegian music scene as multi-instrumentalists, songwriters, and producers with CHVRCHES, The Twilight Sad, Aerogramme, Mogwai and Idlewild, amongst others.
Born from a period of deep personal upheaval and creative rediscovery, The Leaving present an unfiltered body of music forged in grief, rebuilt through friendship, and electrified by an instinctive alchemy that comes from a decades-long kinship and connection. “Fluoxetine” follows “Pray” and the band’s debut single, “Saved”, which was released last month and described as a “futuristic anthem” by Stereogum.
Stay tuned for news of more music and the debut live shows from the band in the coming weeks.
Vinyl Available for Pre-Order via Diggers Factory
The Leaving – Ultimate Buzz – tracklisting:
1. Atmosphere
2. Fluoxetine
3. Pray
4. Speak
5. Sing
6. Saved
7. Cursed
8. Creatures
9. Ddust