It's June Gloom

single

It's June Gloom

Waltz time at 117 BPM is an unusual call for a summer-dread song, but PCBender makes it work: the three-beat lilt gives ‘June Gloom’ a woozy, overcast quality that straight four-four never could, like the fog itself is setting the tempo. The chorus opens up with real harmonic lift, the kind of chord movement that earns its emotional payoff rather than just asserting it, and the layered vocal blend there is the track’s best moment. At three minutes it does not overstay its welcome, and the E major center keeps things from tipping into self-pity even when the mood goes gray. A dependable cut that trusts the groove to carry the feeling.

Lyrics

Album cover artwork for an alt-rock single titled “June Gloom” by the artist “STAB”. Minimalist, desaturated coastal scene with a seamless gradient transition: pale sand dissolving into a calm steel-blue ocean dissolving into a flat gray sky, near-horizonless and almost indistinguishable boundaries. No sun, no dramatic lighting, no god rays; soft, uniform overcast illumination with zero highlights

A solitary female figure wearing a simple bikini with a sheer, lightweight cover-up, sitting on a beach chair on the sand, centered, facing the camera. She looks gloomy and emotionally distant; heavy posture, shoulders slightly slumped, hands resting loosely, tired eyes, unsmiling expression. Keep the overall composition clean with large negative space; subject small-to-medium in frame (not filling the cover), lots of sky and empty space

Subtle film grain, slight texture like fine art photography / analog scan, muted palette (cool grays, blue-gray, sand beige), quiet and bleak mood

Typography integrated: “June Gloom” at the top (upper margin), large distressed condensed sans-serif with slight blur/ink-bleed; “STAB” smaller beneath it or top-right, spaced lettering. Only these two text elements; no logos, no extra words, no border

Written by Michael Anthony Rose

Lyrics © 2026 Maricopa Publishing. All rights reserved.

Published by Maricopa Publishing. Displayed by permission.

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Credits

Songwriter: Michael Anthony Rose