With their debut album R is for Rocket (October 3rd) on the horizon, Los Angeles quartet Rocket’s latest single “Another Second Chance” solidifies their gift for pairing guitar squall with pop-leaning hooks. From the first downstroke the song locks into a wiry and fuzz-soaked groove that nods to the ‘90s lineage they’ve been compared to.
Alithea Tuttle’s vocal performance drives the song’s momentum. Her delivery conveys a sense of unease in the verses that are honed in by riffs before the chorus blooms into a melody. The dual-guitar interplay between Baron Rinzler and Desi Scaglione thickens the frame by bending and colliding rather than smoothing out, while Cooper Ladomade’s drumming keeps the whole structure taut with an insistent kick-snare push.
As the track ends distortion fades into a drifting repetition as the guitars circle without resolution. The structural choice to slow the song’s pulse while leaving the emotional center unresolved is a smart decision and one that suggests Rocket is as attentive to dynamics and atmosphere as they are to volume.
It’s a track that positions Rocket as a band that is unafraid to balance noise, melody, and uncertainty.
