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# SONG PICK: Mainland - Empty Promises
- URL: https://www.glamglare.com/music/song-pick-mainland-empty-promises/
- Published: 2016-11-12T14:04:23.000Z
- Updated: 2016-11-12T14:04:23.000Z
- Author: Elke Nominikat
- Tags: Music, Song Pick of the Day, #wordpress, #Import 2024-07-26 07:44

“Empty Promises” doesn’t waste any time but grabs you by the gut from the first beat on. This is one truly awesome alt-rock gem with a delightful synth-pop edge, counter balancing the angry undertone. “Empty Promises”, the four-day old single by New York quartet **[Mainland](https://www.facebook.com/mainlandband/),** is exactly about what you think it might be, having been released one day after the U.S. election.

Frontman Jordan Topf states: *“WE WILL NOT LET THE USA GO DOWN. WE WILL STAND UP FOR THE FREEDOM AND LOVE WE HAVE BUILT. NOT THE COWARDICE BIGOTRY #NOTMYPRESIDENT”*

Mainland being artists though, will continue -thankfully- doing what they do so well already: *“The only thing we can do now is fight for our rights and make art.”* So there should be more where this came from in the future, something to look forward to. For now, listen to “Empty Promises”, our Song Pick of the Day: