New Video: Endearments Return with Yearning and Self-Searching “Summersun”

Brooklyn-based indie outfit Endearments — Kevin Marksson (vocals, bass), Anjali Nair (guitar) and Will Haywood Smith (drums) — closed out last year by signing with Trash Casual, who will be releasing their Abe Seiferth–produced, full-length debut An Always Open Door.

Slated for a March 6, 2026 release, the nine-song An Always Open Door will feature “Real Deal,” which firmly cements their unique, emotionally dense and lush synth-based take on indie rock paired with earnest, lived-in lyrics and rousingly anthemic hooks and choruses.

An Always Open Door‘s second and latest single “Summersun” is a deceptively upbeat and sauntering anthem that’s underpinned by a couple of bittersweet realizations: Time’s inexorable and endless march forward. And as you’re getting older, you’re also changing. Sometimes, those changes are on the margins but in tumultuous times, like ours, they can be major, startling unexpected and weird changes. And as a result, other than some fundamentally intrinsic qualities, we can all feel a bit like ships passing each other in the night, not quite understanding why or how you might feel so lonely and misunderstood. The song also contends with what it really means to fit yourself into someone else’s life for companionship and the bitter frustration and disappointment that comes from lying to yourself and your own reflection.

Continuing their ongoing collaboration with director Paul Desilva, the accompanying video, which was shot on Super 8 film follows two lonely Brooklyn residents on an introspective journey to Coney Island. Edited in a split screen, so that we see each one’s individual journey, the video captures something that’s deeply universal. We’ve all been that lonely sort mending a broken heart or left a daze after some massive, unexpected loss.

“‘Summersun’ is a song about losing track of yourself in the expectations of others, and how easy it is to fit into a mold someone else has made for you for the sake of love or companionship. The bridge of the song is meant to be a cathartic release — the guitars give way and then build up again to reinforce this feeling of wanting to be truly known, even while you still pretend to be someone that you’re not. We wanted the video to really convey that melancholy and self-searching. I love the way it cuts two stories together to show how our personal journeys often overlap in ways both internal and external.” 

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