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Matthew Dillon Cohen

Dexter Tortoriello has delivered new music under his Houses moniker.

The Los Angeles-based songwriter-producer on Friday released "Fast Talk," a spellbinding yet morbid cut featuring the hypnotic vocals of longtime member Megan Messina. It's the first preview of Houses' new Drugstore Heaven EP, which will arrive Sept. 28 on Downtown Records.

While the song at first sounds sweet and buttery, it's actually a "memorial" to a group of friends Tortoriello had in his late teens. "Thematically, it’s almost like a ballet where you keep driving around the same blocks," he says. "And people start disappearing from the car because they’re going to jail or dying."

This new music comes five years after the release of Houses' album A Quiet Darkness, but Tortoriello has been plenty busy, working on his producer project Dawn Golden and co-writing and producing for the likes of Lil Yachty, Kali Uchis, Ryan Hemsworth and Martin Garrix, among others.

Hear "Fast Talk" below and stay tuned for more from Houses.