Car Culture (aka Daniel Fisher, also known for his work as Physical Therapy) is stepping into a new chapter with Rest Here — releasing October 9, 2025 via NAFF Recordings. The latest single, “Is Love Knowing,” drifts like a half-remembered reverie: guitar loops shimmer, piano echoes, and atmospheric production floats just beyond the edges of clarity. It’s peaceful, yes, but there’s longing in the air — in the pauses as much as in the notes.
The album promises more of that lush tension. Tracks like “Nothingburger,” “Screen Time,” and “Coping Mechanism” (already previewed) show Fisher reaching beyond his dance/electronica roots into territory ruled by delicate dualities—nostalgia and futurism, softness and distortion, emotional weight carried in gentle textures. There’s a mixtape quality here: rough edges, overlaps, transitions that feel organic rather than calculated.
“Is Love Knowing” especially stands out for its restraint. Fisher doesn’t force big hooks; he builds around feelings, letting instrumental nuance carry much of the message. The vocals—his own—are layered just enough to hint at intimacy without overexposure. You can almost taste the dusk air: warm chords, subtle reverb lingering like perfume. It feels like falling asleep in a room with an open window, city lights outside, heart somewhere in between being hopeful and unresolved.
Overall, Rest Here looks like it will be Car Culture’s most fully realized work yet. It doesn’t abandon his electronic past, but now the songs are breathing more, welcoming imperfections, letting silence speak. It’s a journey outward and inward at once, ambitious but grounded, sonic yet deeply human.