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# Mel Denisse - going nowhere
- URL: https://www.glamglare.com/music/mel-denisse-going-nowhere/
- Published: 2025-10-24T18:46:09.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-24T18:48:06.000Z
- Description: In “going nowhere,” Mel Denisse lets shoegaze glow with quiet intensity and emotional gravity.
- Author: Elke Nominikat
- Tags: Song Pick of the Day, Video, Music

At first, I thought it unlikely that Nashville-based shoegazer [**Mel Denisse**](https://new.glamglare.com/artist/mel-denisse?ref=glamglare.com) had Deftones’ “Minerva” in her ears when she wrote “going nowhere.” But I couldn’t shake the feeling — both songs share that shimmering, melancholic intensity that draws you in and won’t let go. When I finally read the press notes, it all clicked: Mel counts everything from Failure to Deftones to Tori Amos among her influences. No wonder her new single carries that haunting mix of tenderness and grit.

“going nowhere” unfolds like a dream you don’t quite want to wake from — a melancholy alt-rock and shoegaze piece inspired by the fantasy novel *The Serpent & the Wings of Night* by Carissa Broadbent. Its nostalgic glow touches on themes of survival by staying unseen, loyalty versus self-preservation, and the struggle to move forward when there’s nowhere left to land. Mel Denisse says:

> “If the song makes you feel a gentle gut-punch–that’s the point. I’m slipping mirrors into the track so you have to sit with whatever stares back.”

Listen to "going nowhere," our Song Pick of the Day:

Connect with [Mel Denisse](https://new.glamglare.com/artist/mel-denisse?ref=glamglare.com) and add "going nowhere" to your playlist as we add it to our #glamglarepick playlist on [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1IcRfqHINV6sOlkeZwk7z7?si=y6aoe\%5FPQQgeVCGoOj3jqsQ&ref=glamglare.com) and [YouTube](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBZBrXEVQLhsRhhtmfJI7EZyhLZ-ANm4A&si=ug47nZcdHjVx49Wn&ref=glamglare.com). Listen to our Song Pick of the Day on [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/track/2dYTCLY9WHxduOTCCnrwyi?si=9a93991622a64476&ref=glamglare.com) or [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/album/going-nowhere/1835598602?i=1835598603&ref=glamglare.com).