Richie Quake Delivers A Hymn For Bad Hookups

The new single, “That’s Not Love!”, from Richie Quake is nakedly melancholic and at the same time, somehow, pure vibes. Just like the hook-up he sings about. It can make you feel good but only if you don’t look any deeper.

Cover art for Richie Quake's single "That's Not Love!"

“That’s Not Love!” is about drowning in shallow emotions,” said Richie Quake. “The idea that when you live a surface level life for enough time, you start to forget what real depth looks like and feels like.”

Richie Quake sitting on a couch
Photo Credit: Mark Bijasa

Richie Quake is an independent based in Brooklyn and his new single continues to showcase his penchant for blending together the best parts of different genres—here pop, rock, and modern R&B—to create a single that’s a foot-tapping earworm. Richie Quake’s lilting croons are interwoven with floating production as he sings about superficial relationships, lamenting the emptiness they inevitably leave behind.

The soft drums and smoothness of his voice are interrupted by an aggressive, electric guitar riff before the final bridge that suggest someone who is, if not, outright angry, then fed up. He cuts an unquestionably solemn figure. One who’s plagued by the distinctly contemporary phenomenon of having your emotional love unrequited with a partner who is still, very much, interested in your physical love. Despite the late-night, drunken calls from the song’s subject he still feels unloved. A feeling that he’s been familiar with for too long.

“Being removed from love for so long, it becomes a blur from the past with no defining characteristics,” explained Richie Quake. “I don’t know what love is anymore, but love is not constant numbness, it’s not getting high in your room alone, it’s not a downward spiral, and it’s not a drunk hook-up on a Friday night.” 

“That’s Not Love!” is Richie Quake’s latest music since his EP “Voyager” released in the summer of 2021. He is scheduled to go on tour in April of 2022.

Richie Quake US Tour Dates

April 19 – Toronto, CAN – Velvet Underground

April 21 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom

April 23 – Washington D.C. – Union Stage

April 26 – Vancouver – Vogue Theatre

April 28 – Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex

April 30 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall

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