There's a particular kind of ache that comes with loving someone you know is quietly and slowly unraveling you. At first it's bruising, then it's igniting. Opal Mag captures this feeling on her latest single, 'I Don't Like You, but I Love You'.

Fresh from supporting the likes of Black Honey and Phoebe Green, the Brighton-based artist is honing her gift for dreamy, emotionally-charged fuzzy rock. Channelling the influence of icons like Mazzy Star and The Sundays, Opal Mag crafts songs that hum with both softness and unrest. 

This latest offering is a slow-burner that explores the difficult act of untangling love from harm. "It's about the internal struggle of being in love with someone, yet disliking their actions and self-sabotaging," Opal explains. "[It's] about the push and pull of wanting to stay in a relationship but losing yourself in the process."

The track opens with soft, rising keys and shimmering guitars that ease into space before Opal's vocals enter tender and unguarded, but holding something back. When the chorus hits, so too does the full weight of her frustration. Reverb-drenched guitars crash through in waves and vocals break loose into something halfway between heartbreak and confrontation. There's a pulsing, feverish momentum to it all; the song a mirror for its own narrative of escape.

The single is strikingly honest - the frank simplicity of the title says it all and lays it bare. Dreamy and hazy, it blooms and bellows into a necessary reckoning of sound and emotion.

With more music on the horizon, it's an exciting time to plug into Opal Mag's ethereal fuzz-gaze.

Read our ARTIST SPOTLIGHT feature with Opal Mag.