Singer-songwriter Buggy Jive set to drop new acoustic punk funk single 'Meaning in the Morning' Sep 2
New album 'Daedalus Down' to come later this fall
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ALBANY, NY -- Aug. 19, 2026 -- "The song is sideways."
Soul rock singer-songwriter Buggy Jive will release his latest single Wednesday Sep. 2, 2026 as a preview of sorts to the vibe and sonics of the forthcoming album Daedalus Down.
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"Meaning in the Morning" hits the listener immediately with stripped-down acoustic punk funk soul, like a Lenny Kravitz collab with the Violent Femmes, or maybe even a Dirty Mind-era Prince collab with a Dog Eat Dog-era Joni Mitchell.
As Buggy explained in an email to friends and fans: "You know how your favorite songs grow on you? How you don't fully get them at the first pass, but when they finally hit, they hit HARD? This song is about that. And, god willing, it kinda does that for ya, too."
The single and forthcoming album drop as Buggy Jive continues to level up in 2026 with a string of successes, including: a well-received official showcase at Folk Alliance International's annual conference in New Orleans; Northeast tour dates in support of Righteous Babe Records' rising singer-songwriter Joy Clark, including shows at the Bitter End in New York City and historic Caffe Lena in Saratoga Springs; and a sweep in four categories at the New York Capital Region’s "Eddies" music awards, including Singer-Songwriter of the Year and Album of the Year for 2025's Icarus Ascending.
Set for a Fall 2026 release, Daedalus Down is a companion of sorts to Icarus Ascending. What began as a short EP of outtakes from the Icarus record quickly morphed and expanded into a full album of nine all-new songs, each written and recorded by Buggy in his basement home studio in the first few months of 2026, and each with a thematic counterpart on Icarus.
While "Meaning in the Morning" is the new album's first official single release, it follows Buggy Jive's unofficial late July leak of the album's penultimate track "Holy Falling Down" to friends and fans subscribed to his growing email list.
"A melancholy little ditty for our times," he explained. "With an obligatory f-bomb. Because these times demand it."
Up next: a short set on WMHT Public Television's "AHA: A House for Arts" coming this fall, and a solo-acoustic show to preview songs from the new album at Opalka Gallery in Albany Oct. 2.
TRACK DETAILS
Artist: Buggy Jive
Single Title: "Meaning in the Morning"
Press Preview: Link available upon request.
Release Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Genre: Indie Singer-Songwriter, Acoustic Soul Rock
Streaming Link: TBA
ABOUT BUGGY JIVE
BUGGY JIVE is a somewhat reclusive soul rock singer-songwriter quietly uploading music from a basement in Upstate New York.
Equal parts Zeppelin and D’Angelo and Prince and Joni in sound and sensibility, his lyrics often mine the literature of the past to make sense of the present – from Ellison to Morrison to Eliot to Didion – delicately balancing the heaviness with humor.
His forthcoming album Daedalus Down is a sequel of sorts to 2025's award winning Icarus Ascending. Daedalus is set for a Fall 2026 release and promises 9 more acoustic soul rock songs contemplating songwriting and storytelling, love and literature, and the festering fears of a divided nation.
The artist is a graduate of Niskayuna High School in Schenectady, NY, and Middlebury College in Middlebury, VT. Despite the title of his recent semi-viral hit “Don’t Quit Your Day Job,” the artist may have quit his most recent day job in digital communications at an educational non-profit headquartered in New York's Capital Region. He lives in Delmar, NY, with his wife and two daughters.
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