JAGUERO'S NEW TRACK IS OUT NOW
JAGUERO are officially back, and we’re proud to release their new single “Lit” through Anchors Aweigh Records.
Hailing from Vicenza, the punk/emo band aren’t treating “Lit” as a simple standalone track. Instead, it marks a turning point — a hinge between what they’ve already built and what’s coming next with their debut full-length album.
The song was first written during the early sessions following New Love (2023), but unlike most of their material, it didn’t come together easily. The band admit that “Lit” kept resisting its own shape: early versions felt either too close to other artists or, in their own words, “too cheesy” for their standards. Rather than forcing it, JAGUERO repeatedly scrapped and rebuilt the song from the ground up.
When the right version finally emerged, it happened quickly. Completed in just a few rehearsals, the final take is simple, direct, and instinctive — and that immediacy was the signal to stop overthinking and let it live.
Lyrically, “Lit” revolves around human connection as a stabilizing force. As the band explain, it’s “a dedication to that person who manages to see us even when we struggle to see ourselves, to the one who sparks that flame that gets us moving again even in our heaviest moments.” The song doesn’t frame intimacy as rescue, but as momentum — the push that turns emotional paralysis into motion.
Choosing “Lit” as the first glimpse of the new era was no accident. The band describe it as catchy and immediately recognizable as JAGUERO, while much of the upcoming album ventures further from their earlier sound. In that sense, the track acts as a bridge: familiar enough to anchor listeners, but opening the door to a record that takes more risks.
What hasn’t changed is the band’s core approach. JAGUERO still write with live shows in mind, grounded in friendship and the energy of small rooms. They’re not interested in calculated stylistic shifts either. “We just don’t give a shit,” they say plainly — not as provocation, but as a statement of intent. The band doesn’t evolve by erasing its past; it accumulates experience and carries it forward.
Writing a full-length album also changed the internal rules. With more space to fill — musically and lyrically — the band leaned into excess rather than restraint. Doubts about overdoing certain sections were often brushed aside with a simple: “Whatever, let’s do it anyway.” That openness helped shape a record that feels broader than their EPs, without turning into a rigid concept exercise.
Formed in 2021 by members of SLANDER, REGARDE, and LA FORTUNA, JAGUERO first made their mark with Worst Weekend Ever (2022) and New Love (2023), both produced by Maurizio Baggio at La Distilleria. Those releases were later compiled into a limited self-titled vinyl, leading to shows and festivals across Italy and beyond.
“Lit” doesn’t try to reinvent JAGUERO. It captures a moment where everything clicked — emotionally, structurally, instinctively — and places it at the front of a longer statement that’s now fully in motion.