Amy-Lin Slezak’s Nostalgic New Single: A Joyride to the Past

July 29, 2025

Amy-Lin Slezak’s Nostalgic New Single: A Joyride to the Past

Roll down the windows, let the wind tousle your hair, and turn up the speakers—it's time to fly away with Amy-Lin Slezak again. The pianist-singer-songwriter who initially made us listen to her with her in-your-face first effort "How Dare She", and later made our hearts melt with "To Grow Old", is back with her third independent release. But now, she's traded anger for love, looking neither out nor in, but back—into the golden light of college years, red Solo cups, and those late-night mixtapes that once crooned love through borrowed headphones.

This new song is a sunny spin down memory lane, blending burnished country-pop sensibilities with the bite of hindsight. Acoustic guitar strums crack open the door to the past, and soon you’re speeding along with soaring electric licks, crisp drums that chase the beat like footsteps down a dorm hallway, and a fiddle that shimmers like laughter echoing off the walls of your favorite dive bar. It's a song for those friends who got you most, the girlfriends who never panned out, and the memories that made all of the heartache worth it—sloppy, spellbound.

To make this lush musical scrapbook shine, Amy-Lin re-united her long-distance "dream team." Andrew Timothy builds the song with his signature guitar work and basslines that pulse like old standby feelings. Chris Reed, dialing in from the UK, lays down drum rhythms that propel the song like tires on summer pavement. And Michael Cleveland’s fiddle stirs something deep and nostalgic—like a scent that instantly transports you. With Matthew Kutoloski’s polished mix and Amy-Lin’s vocals delivering heart and humor in equal measure, every note rings with truth.

So, wherever you're driving off to, or just lounging in your living room remembering, this new song invites you to re-enter the wild, gorgeous chaos of your youth. It's a reminder of memories that never truly leave you, of the nights that built you, and the people that put you back together. Amy-Lin Slezak doesn't just sing of the past—she makes us live it, with every riff, every line, every beat that resonates.