Los Angeles band Hysteria, the project led by Dakota Cosgrove, returns with their gripping new single “Angela,” out everywhere now—and it hits like a bruise you can’t stop pressing. A demanding melody slices through guitars that shimmer and scrape, inching toward collapse before exploding into massive choruses. The drums don’t just drive—they pummel, tossing the listener around like a brutal game of soccer. It’s tender, raw, and unapologetically loud.
Picking up where they left off, Hysteria leans hard into their love of early-aughts pop rock, sharpening it with a modern edge. Produced by Photographic Memory (Wisp, Jane Remover), “Angela” balances raucous riffs with matter-of-fact vulnerability, carving honesty into every noisy corner.
“Every moment is both an ascension and a decline,” Cosgrove explains. “‘Angela’ is the year of your life you want to erase—the desperate cry to be loved, the sick desire to be broken and put back together.”
Following last year’s debut single “Reason to Pray,” Hysteria has built momentum through packed shows across California and Texas. On February 26, they’ll support Tommy Fleece at El Cid in Los Angeles.
