LA Parties’ “Iverson” Is Indie Pop For Your Emo Soul

Also an homage to Allen Iverson

They say practice makes perfect and as unglamorous as it may sound, LA Parties proves it’s true. The LA-based, Philly native has unveiled his latest single “Iverson,” a dance-friendly indie rock piece that also delivers the slight melancholic punch of 2000s emo. The tile is a tribute to LA Parties roots as a true Philly sports fan and is named after the 76ers iconic player Allen Iverson who was known for practicing a lot. Through “Iverson,” LA Parties captures the inevitable loneliness and doubt that surges with pursuing something you can’t perfect overnight – but the bizarre motivation that keeps you going at it:

In his own words, “I wrote the song in early 2018 during a period where I was too depressed to sleep in my bedroom, so I was sleeping on the couch (mental illness, I don’t understand it either). I had my interface, laptop, and guitar right next to me on the coffee table, and right when I would wake up in the morning I would open my laptop and just start working. It’s a song about my relationship at the time with being a developing artist, and my prospective career. ‘Staring at my iPhone / All the notes I’ve kept they haunt me,’ I think that’s very relatable for any creative or songwriter.”

LA Parties is the independent and self-managed project of Andy Gorel, who is also a photographer and writer/editor. His previous releases have garnered over 60k streams and made waves across the media. Be on the lookout for more drops from him this year.