Letdown.

Letdown. is ready to embrace the positive. The Texas-born, Nashville-based rocker, singer, and multi-instrumentalist has tackled a slew of personal demons—many of which turned up on his catharsis-packed debut EP, 2023’s Crying In The Shower—in order to come out on the other side, stronger than ever.

The prolific artist’s latest songs, which he writes as a therapeutic way to process daily life, are upbeat, hook-packed anthems that invite audiences to shout along in unison.

“I think I'm at the end of writing about my problems,” Coddington muses. “I've been putting myself through emotional music therapy for three years now, and it's working. I'm finally looking back and laughing for the first time. I consider it the upswing of the depression. I'm about to enter this whole new phase in my life. Everything feels new again for the first time.”

Ever since he first began releasing music in 2020, Letdown. (real name Blake Coddington) has poured his soul into soaring rock anthems that chronicle his mental health journey while intersecting with punk/emo, metal, electronic, pop, and hip-hop.

Posting a series of unguarded videos to TikTok, Letdown. has grown his following to more than 675K, with nearly 1M monthly listeners on Spotify, more than 100K on Instagram, and 200M total streams. As he steps into a new era with his debut album, fans can expect poppy, propulsive beats, guitar-driven compositions, and impassioned choruses.

"That's the greatest part of this," Coddington says of his more buoyant direction. "We're all dancing around the studio. It's the most natural writing I've ever done. When I met my producer Carlo, we started working on our first song together, which ended up being 'Hate Myself.' We were like, 'This sounds nothing like any of your other stuff. We don't know if anybody's gonna like this. Let's just see what happens.' And then we got to the studio and everything happened. I remember looking at him, and I was like, 'I don't care who doesn't like this. This is the most me I've ever felt.'"

Coddington continues to unpack a dysfunctional romantic dynamic on "Be Ok," which he wrote near the end of a serious relationship—one he didn’t fully grasp was unhealthy until it was over. "I was so focused on my love for someone else that I didn't realize how much it was actually shooting me in the foot," he says. "I didn't understand that everything could be better if this was over. At the same time, it immediately says 'I never thought I'd miss you this way.' It's something I think about all the time. I left everything negative in my life that has affected me, but I still think about it in a way that is almost like I miss it. It's a weird headspace to live in—to hate something and know it's gone, but still want it somehow. I think it's something that everyone feels, and a lot of people don't talk about that much."

On the harmonizing "Dead Right," Coddington recalls recording a track they "just thought was really bumpy, fun, and catchy"—a song that happened quickly without overthinking.

On the rushing "Crying In The Shower," which went Top 25 at Alternative radio last year, he illustrates chasing a fleeting high to drown out the loss of a broken relationship. "I feel overwhelmed and trapped in a cycle of despair. I attempt but fail to wash away the memories and pain of this lost love," Coddington says. "This song conveys a sense of emptiness as I resorted to unhealthy habits like chasing fleeting highs and taking pills to numb the pain. This relatable story is the promise of a perfect relationship that ultimately leads to heartbreak."

Finally, his clipped vocals shine on the punchy and anthemic "Go To Hell," a kiss-off track with the power to get a crowd on their feet. "This song captures the complexities of love and pain, illustrating the struggle between knowing you should walk away and being unable to let go of my intense feelings for my abusive partner," Coddington shares. "This song has always been my most reactive release and a testament to how relatable this situation is… Though I wrote this from personal experience, I also hope that the message can resonate with people as they consider their own choices."

If anything unites Letdown.’s debut album, it’s mixing audible joy with the darkness that haunts his past. “This latest group of songs is my upswing—I’m literally finding the fun and light in the bad things,” he says. “The music I'm writing currently has been a lot more fun than it ever has been, and a lot less depressing. It's less self-loathing. This is what's been handed to me—now I'm gonna have to make something awesome.”