MayFall
Forevermore / What She Needs
Hailing from Niagara Falls, Canadian alt-rock band MayFall return with a powerful pair of companion singles that take a hard look at addiction, connection, and the quiet fight for recovery. For Evermore and What She Needs, out now across all major streaming platforms, offer two sides of the same coin, one caught in the chaos of substance dependency, the other reaching for hope through the wreckage.
Frontman Justin Koetsier explains that the songs were written back to back, in a moment of urgency and emotional clarity. “One song is about being consumed by addiction; the next is about finding the strength to pull someone back from the edge,” he says.
For Evermore charges out with sharp guitars and anthemic energy, pulling listeners into a storm of mutual dependence and blurred responsibility. The lyrics capture the way love and harm can become tangled, especially when addiction enters the frame. “She needed me when she was falling down to the floor” becomes a haunting refrain, caught somewhere between devotion and destruction.
Frontman Justin Koetsier explains that the songs were written back to back, in a moment of urgency and emotional clarity. “One song is about being consumed by addiction; the next is about finding the strength to pull someone back from the edge,” he says.
For Evermore charges out with sharp guitars and anthemic energy, pulling listeners into a storm of mutual dependence and blurred responsibility. The lyrics capture the way love and harm can become tangled, especially when addiction enters the frame. “She needed me when she was falling down to the floor” becomes a haunting refrain, caught somewhere between devotion and destruction.
In contrast, What She Needs steps back. Slower and more introspective, it reflects on the quieter moments after the crash, the long days of withdrawal, the raw honesty that comes when someone you love is trying to get clean. It’s a song that asks difficult questions with no easy answers. “Am I the one she needs? Do I have the strength to be?” Koetsier’s delivery doesn’t pretend to know, and that’s what makes it hit.
Together, these two tracks work as a mini-EP that stands apart from the band’s earlier work. While MayFall’s previous singles like Fly Well and Different Lanes leaned into melodic rock hooks and polished storytelling, For Evermore and What She Needs feel more lived-in, less polished, more personal.
Formed by members of Stereo Sunrise, The Black Flies, and Marble Weed, MayFall are carving out a place for themselves in Canada’s indie rock scene, with music that isn’t afraid to look closely at life’s darker corners. These latest tracks don’t offer tidy endings, but they offer truth, and that might be more powerful.
Together, these two tracks work as a mini-EP that stands apart from the band’s earlier work. While MayFall’s previous singles like Fly Well and Different Lanes leaned into melodic rock hooks and polished storytelling, For Evermore and What She Needs feel more lived-in, less polished, more personal.
Formed by members of Stereo Sunrise, The Black Flies, and Marble Weed, MayFall are carving out a place for themselves in Canada’s indie rock scene, with music that isn’t afraid to look closely at life’s darker corners. These latest tracks don’t offer tidy endings, but they offer truth, and that might be more powerful.