The people crave more Italian dream pop from Wales! And the people will receive it from Lunar Bird’s new single “The Things We Used To”, their second of 2026 and the follow-up to the wonderful “Blue Chamber”.
Springy synths abound in this one. Every key sound has a detuned feel to it, making the track feel alive in the imperfections, like a vision warped over time through faulty memory. The guitars, however, sound crisp, though they act like musical glitter along with the drums: They aren’t so overbearing to take away from the gorgeous rest of the synthetic symphony.
Robert Musillami and Eliseo Di Malto once again bring the lyrical A-game when it comes to songs about relationships. Where “Blue Chamber” was about a couple isolating themselves in their love to a fault, “The Things We Used To” explores the end of a relationship where neither party casts blame or tries to erase the past. “It captures the tension between moving forward and accepting some connections leave a lasting emotional mark,” the duo says about the song.
That shows in the parallels between the lyrics of the first half and the second half of the song. For example: In the first, Musillami sings “And now we really lost each other, yet we won’t forget out dinners in the bathtub.” In the second, she sings “And now we really lost each other, yet we won’t forget the reasons of this bitter end.” In the first, the chorus goes: “We’ll still love things, the things we used to.” Yet in the second, it flips: “We’ll still hate the things, the things we used to.”
Between the lyrical shifts and the bouncing synths that sound just out of tune, Lunar Bird capture the tension of the track well, making for a fantastic second single for the year. It’s another song set to appear on their upcoming EP set for release later this year, surely by the summer. Take a listen to “The Things We Used To” below.
Written by Will Sisskind
