Texas alt-rock quartet Olive Vox return with their new single and official video “Hear Me Out”, out now via Big Machine Rock. The track arrives alongside the announcement of the band’s forthcoming EP, Trace It Back, set for release on Friday, September 18. Fans can stream “Hear Me Out” HERE, watch the official video BELOW, and pre-order / pre-save Trace It Back HERE.
Built around the exhausting weight of guilt, memory, and self-punishment, “Hear Me Out” pulls Olive Vox deeper into the emotionally direct world that has been taking shape across recent singles “BABYDOLL”, “T.A.N.G.O.”, “Dying Breath”, “14 Years”, and “We Are Not The Same”. Sharp, urgent, and unflinching, the track finds the band wrestling with the version of yourself you cannot quite outrun, even when everyone else has already made peace with leaving it in the past.
Speaking on the new single, Olive Vox share:
“Hear Me Out” is about being trapped in a loop of guilt where you just can’t seem to move past your own history. While you recognize that others can judge you based on your past actions—and you accept their right to see you that way—the real struggle is your inability to do the same for yourself. You feel stuck in a cycle of self-punishment, constantly replaying old mistakes and making healing impossible. It’s that raw, exhausting feeling of knowing you deserve to move on, but being unable to let go of the version of yourself you used to be.”
The accompanying video mirrors that emotional pressure, drawing viewers into the band’s increasingly defined visual world of distorted nostalgia, fractured memory, and familiar spaces made strange. Across both the song and video, Olive Vox continue to sharpen the contrast that sits at the centre of their rising identity: a young band writing with uncommon weight about grief, self-destruction, regret, and the slow, ugly work of trying to change.
The single also opens the door to Trace It Back, a debut EP that gathers the band’s recent output into one emotionally connected body of work. Across the EP, Olive Vox move through past mistakes, toxic cycles, personal reckoning, and the uneasy freedom that comes with finally saying the quiet part out loud.
Speaking on the EP, vocalist Parker James shares:
“The Trace It Back EP compiles past and pre-existing transgressions. I aimed to be more direct and honest in my lyrics, rather than being elusive. I found myself oversharing personal details, which led to regret and overthinking. Due to my anxieties, I became very closeted and shut off. Realizing that it was actually affecting me more than just being my true self, I decided I wouldn’t care about what I wrote as long as it made me happy. This EP serves as a collection and a snapshot of a time and place in my life where I was struggling.”
The announcement comes as Olive Vox continue to build serious momentum both online and onstage, now surpassing 1.5 million cross-platform streams and 1.89 million YouTube views. Following recent US runs with Badflower and Raue, and a recent appearance at Camp Woodward, the band will join The Toadies for a full US support run beginning August 6 in Charleston, SC and wrapping October 3 in Ventura, CA.
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US Tour Dates with The Toadies
8/6: Charleston, SC - Charleston Music Hall
8/7: Norfolk, VA - The NorVa
8/8: Baltimore, MD - Nevermore Hall
8/9: Wilmington, DE - The Queen
8/11: Allentown, PA - Archer Hall
8/13: Albany, NY - Empire Live
8/15: Detroit, MI - Saint Andrew’s Hall
8/16: Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
8/19: Little Rock, AR - The Hall
8/20: Tyler, TX - True Vine Brewing Co.
8/21: Helotes, TX - Josabi’s
9/17: Des Moines, IA - The Rave
9/18: Columbia, MO - The Blue Note
9/19: Indianapolis, IN - Hi-Fi Annex
9/21: St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
9/23: Kansas City, MO - The Truman
9/24: Tulsa, OK - Cain’s Ballroom
9/25: Canyon, TX - The Lumberyard
9/26: Santa Fe, NM - The Bridge
9/29: Flagstaff, AZ - Orpheum Theater
10/2: Las Vegas, NV - Brooklyn Bowl
10/3: Ventura, CA - Ventura Theater