MICALL’s “Have A Home” — A Heartfelt Ode to Love, Loss, and Letting Go

In the soft whisper of heartbreak and the gentle pain of parting ways, MICALL's debut single released on June 27, Have A Home, comes forth like a prayer in song. Born from the artist's own life, it's an offering to her parents and to everyone who finds themselves reaching for solace in the choppy waters of separation. As her fingers dance across the piano and her voice trembles with truth, MICALL opens the door into a home not built of walls, but of memory, forgiveness, and emotional grace.

Written with uncommon attention, Have A Home is a sonic quilt stitched across hearts and continents. Strings weep with emotion thanks to NewWorldStrings in Turkey, while Victor Indrizzo's drums sound like footsteps coming or leaving home. Produced, mixed, and mastered by the ever-talented Tom Weir—whose final mix moved MICALL to tears—this song is also graced by the efforts of Anthony J. Resta and Raz Klinghoffer, whose considered production choices breathe life into every note. Andrew Synoweic's guitars shine like morning light through a window, while Resta's flute sighs like a memory trying to stay. And yet, what renders this song nothing short of unforgettable is the devotion that went into it. 

  

MICALL took three years to bring Have A Home  into existence—not due to perfectionism, but reverence. She demanded that they use actual instruments, instead of samples, and would only work with people who intuitively grasped the emotional heft of the song. It was her first professionally recorded song, and it has the naivety of a first love letter and the bravery of a long goodbye. Recorded at Studio City Sound, the song is a testament to patience, process, and intention.

And finally, Have A Home moves beyond song—it becomes location. A location to heal, to meditate, to worship the beauty and pain of what it means to divide without breaking. As MICALL's voice trembles and soars, listeners are left with the idea that sometimes the most profound homes that we create are made not of stone, but of sound.

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