There’s a version of this song that could’ve ended up on a bigger record. New Vision (featured here on IDIOTEQ back in 2023) thought about it, then decided against it. “Daze,” released January 28 with an accompanying music video, is a deliberate standalone, a track the Hudson Valley, New York band wanted breathing on its own before anything else comes next. And what comes next, apparently, sounds heavier.
But first, this.
Clocking in just under three minutes, “Daze” is built around a tight, looping emotional cycle: chasing something that looked real, realizing it wasn’t, sitting with the wreckage. The lyrics circle back on themselves by design. “Feeling down / Searching for / Fools gold / I lost my way / I lost control.” It’s not a breakdown anthem or a recovery story. It’s the moment between those two things, where you’re just stuck enough to notice what you did.
The band describes the song as “a reflection on chasing something that looked valuable at first but wasn’t. Realizing the cost of it all after the damage is already done. It’s a song on regret, self-awareness, and disbelief.”
That last word does a lot of work. Not anger, not sadness. Disbelief. The kind of clarity that shows up late and doesn’t make you feel better.
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Adam Cichocki at Timber Studios, the production keeps things direct, no unnecessary layering, no studio tricks burying the vocal. The music video was directed by Adam Alpert.
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What makes “Daze” interesting in context is that New Vision sees it as a bridge between eras. The band says the track “still held roots in our old sound and we felt it best to have it stand alone before releasing anything else. We love this song and are happy to have it out, but we are holding on to more tracks and they’re in a new direction.”
That new direction, they confirm, means a full record is in the works. They’re finalizing material, possibly shopping it around to labels, and the tone has shifted heavier. But they stress the songs still carry “that nostalgic, fun aspect of the band and that sound you can move to that we feel is important.” Heavy doesn’t mean grim. That balance seems central to whatever’s coming.
The writing process behind the newer stuff, “Daze” included, has shifted too. Earlier New Vision songs often started with one person’s idea setting the tone for a session. Now the approach is fully collaborative. “Instead of one person’s idea being the threshold of the session, it’s more of a group collective,” the band explains. “An idea that arises while we’re just jamming and then we would all throw out ideas into the ring and see what sticks. Everyone has their hand at lyrics, melodies, structure and we always try an idea. That’s important to us. Even if it’s something that sounds off at first, just try it and see.”
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There’s something practical in that philosophy, a willingness to test bad ideas because the alternative is never finding the good ones you didn’t expect. They say it comes from years of playing together. “After writing with the same people for a while, you get into this groove and the writing sessions just flow.”
The Hudson Valley angle isn’t incidental either. New Vision carry their local scene like actual baggage, the good kind, and they’re vocal about it. “The Hudson Valley scene is something we’re proud of and we represent it heavy,” they say. “There are so many awesome artists from this area and we’re happy to be in the group and active in the scene. It’s always had its highs and lows, but it’s been on a high for a long time now.”
More than pride, they credit the environment with shaping how they treat other musicians and how they think about making music at all. “It’s been a space to grow and now it’s a space where you can get noticed, which is awesome.”
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For 2026, the plan is straightforward: finish the record, play more shows, push into cities they haven’t hit yet. “Playing live is super important to us and it’s allowed us to go and see places we never thought we would,” they say. More weekends, small tours when possible, new rooms.
“Daze” is available now on Bandcamp. The music video is streaming on YouTube.
