EXCLUSIVE: Longwave Premieres The Music Video For “Stay With Me” Via The Hype Magazine

Within a few years of forming in 1999, the quartet known as Longwave had a big record deal with RCA Records. Touring was done alongside The Strokes, The Vines, and OK Go, music videos were made for singles like “Wake Me When It’s Over,” “Everywhere You Turn,” and “Tidal Wave.” The group went on hiatus not too long after touring in support of 2008’s Peter Katis-produced Secrets Are Sinister, yet none of the “classic lineup” members of Longwave gave up music for the long-term.

Earlier this year, Longwave announced on its social media accounts that it was returning for an April 2018 show at New York City’s Mercury Lounge, also noting plans of releasing new music. This led to release of the single “Stay With Me” — Longwave’s first new music since 2008 — last month via indie label Bodan Kuma Recordings. In addition, the quartet announced a November 17th headlining show at New York’s Bowery Ballroom and a series of shows alongside Blue October.

The music video for “Stay With Me” is now finished, and The Hype Magazine is proud to help premiere it. Longwave frontman Steve Schiltz offered the following to The Hype:

“‘Stay With Me’ is a love song, albeit not really in a typical guy-girl-hold hands type way. A while back now, a family member of mine was diagnosed with cancer. It looked bad, and we were pretty sure we were going to lose him. This was someone I’d had in my life as far back I can remember.

I was worried about him, and it occurred to me, what is his WIFE going to do? They are not especially young people — sorry!– and I couldn’t imagine the grief she was preparing to withstand. It was at this moment in time that I wrote the words for this song. I was thinking about her loss, which wasn’t going to simple — it clearly meant she was going to have to carry on without him. what was that going to look like for her?

In the end, against all odds, he beat the cancer into remission, and at this time there IS no detectable cancer. It was truly a miracle. So…this was a case of everyone winning here…I got the song, and our family gets to keep HIM. There’s also a fuzz guitar solo. I and we Longwaves hope you enjoy it.”

More on Longwave can be found online at www.longwavetheband.com.

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Darren Paltrowitz Darren Paltrowitz is a New York resident with over 20 years of entertainment industry experience. He began working around the music business as a teenager, interning for the manager of his then-favorite band Superdrag. Since then, he has worked with a wide array of artists including OK Go, They Might Be Giants, Mike Viola, Tracy Bonham, Loudness, Rachael Yamagata, and Amanda Palmer. Darren's writing has appeared in dozens of outlets including the New York Daily News, Inquisitr, The Daily Meal, The Hype Magazine, All Music Guide, Guitar World, TheStreet.com, Businessweek, Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, and the Jewish Journal. Beyond being "Editor At Large" for The Hype Magazine, Darren is also the host of weekly "Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz" series, which airs on dozens on television and digital networks. He has also co-authored 2 published books, 2018's "Pocket Change: Your Happy Money" (Book Web Publishing) and 2019's "Good Advice From Professional Wrestling" (6623 Press), and co-hosts the world's only known podcast about David Lee Roth, "The DLR Cast."