Velvetine Strikes Gold Again With "Just This Once"

Here’s the thing about Velvetine—once you think you’ve figured them out, they drop something like Just This Once and throw the whole gameboard in the air. We've raved about them before (and with good reason), but this latest release isn't just a continuation—it's a leap forward. A confident, cinematic stride into a sound that somehow feels both massive and intimately delicate.

From the first few seconds, Just This Once grabs you—not with brute force, but with intrigue. It doesn’t march to the beat of anyone else’s drum and isn't your standard four-bar groove—Velvetine shift things just slightly off-center, and it works. It pulls you into their world before you’ve even realized you’ve left yours.

Mia Scarlet's vocals are, once again, something else. She knows when to soar and when to whisper, and on this track, she does both with heart-wrenching precision. The verses lull you into something soft, tender, almost breakable—before the band surges forward and hits you with a chorus that’s all power and no restraint. Think cinematic in the truest sense. You're not just listening, you're inside the scene.

Ross Fernyhough’s guitar work shines here too—not in a flashy, look-at-me kind of way, but in the way it layers mood and tone, subtly lifting the track into new emotional corners. Paired with Joshua Rowell’s basslines—tight, brooding, and full of tension—it gives the song a rich, textured foundation. And then there’s Wicks, who practically redefines what a drummer's role can be in a band like this. He doesn’t just keep time; he plays with it, stretches it, bends it. The result? Something you feel as much as you hear.

If their last single proved they were ones to watch, Just This Once cements them as ones you absolutely can’t ignore. This isn’t a fluke. This is a band that understands not just how to make music, but how to build a world within a track—and invite us all in.

And maybe that’s what’s most exciting about Velvetine right now. You get the sense that they’re only just getting started. If this is what’s coming out now, we can’t even imagine what they’ve got brewing behind the curtain.

Stay close. It feels like Velvetine’s just getting warmed up.

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