Let’s talk about Mortez—a sonic fever dream born out of the glitz and grit of Los Angeles, but carrying the spirit of something far older, darker, and more mystical. The duo—Brett Daniels and Rachele Royale—aren’t just making music. They’re casting spells. Their debut original single “Coven,” released May 11th, 2025, feels less like a song and more like an incantation whispered through velvet curtains in some velvet-draped gothic hideaway. It’s dramatic. It’s orchestral. And most of all, it’s real.

At the heart of Mortez is a love story—but not the bubblegum rom-com kind. Think Wuthering Heights meets True Blood on Sunset Blvd. Brett and Rachele didn’t just fall in love; they found salvation in each other. He was battling old demons, she was clawing her way out of trauma’s aftermath—and in the chaos of L.A., they collided like stars meant to burn together.

And when the smoke cleared? They found themselves in a home studio, weaving all that pain, passion, and rebirth into something cinematic and spellbinding. That “something” is Coven—a song that feels like it should be echoing through moonlit cathedrals or over the end credits of some dark fantasy epic.

This song is mystical, moody, and musically massive. It came to Rachele—in a dream, and when she brought it to life, it still shimmered with that dreamlike magic. You can hear it in the strings, the swelling piano, her haunting vocals that move like a storm rolling in across a desert at dusk. Brett’s arrangements thread together orchestral elegance with a gritty rock undercurrent that keeps things grounded in now, even as the music reaches back into the ancient and arcane.

This track is not just genre-bending—it’s genre-defying. It has one foot in cinematic rock, the other in symphonic pop, and its heartbeat somewhere in a candlelit séance. There are clear influences—from gothic opera to classic rock to modern darkwave—but Mortez wraps it all in a sonic cloak that is unmistakably theirs.

If Coven feels like it belongs in a Netflix vampire series, that’s no accident. The song pulls from archetypes—witches, vampires, monsters—and uses them as metaphors for the inner battles we all fight. It’s personal mythology turned into art. Mortez doesn’t just flirt with darkness—they waltz with it, spin it around, and invite it to dinner. And through that dance, they create something gorgeously vulnerable and unapologetically powerful.

Rachele’s background in pop gives the song an accessible hook, while Brett’s classical leanings add the lush, layered instrumentation that elevates it far beyond radio filler. The two of them together? It’s lightning in a bottle—Evanescence meets Queen with a little Florence & The Machine under a blood moon.

Coven was recorded in their home studio. And that somehow makes perfect sense. This isn’t sterile, overproduced radio fodder. This is handcrafted, spellbound, kitchen-table magic. There’s an intimacy to it—you can feel the walls of the room, the breath between takes, the quiet urgency of two people pouring their whole story into a song.

With Coven, Mortez isn’t just introducing themselves—they’re inviting you into their world. It’s a world of passion, pain, romance, and rebirth. It’s part nightmare, part dream sequence, all heart. And if this single is any indication, the future album is going to be something truly wild and wonderful.

So light a candle. Pour some wine. Dim the lights. And hit play on Coven.

Because some songs aren’t meant to be streamed.

They’re meant to be summoned.

“Coven” is available now on all major streaming platforms

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“Coven” - Mortez

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