The Hellp is pulling us into their warped LA dream with Riviera, the full-length debut that’s finally landing November 21, 2025, after years of cult EPs and random SoundCloud drops, and Country Road hits like a 3 a.m. cruise down Sunset when the city’s too bright and your head’s too quiet.
Noah Dillon and Maggie Cnossen have always made music that feels like it’s melting in real time, and this track is peak them. It’s got that hazy shoegaze swirl mixed with hyperpop glitches and a beat that stumbles like you’re trying to walk straight on two tabs. Country Road flips the John Denver classic into something lonely and fried, Noah half-singing about pine trees that never change while he’s off 25s, driving home alone through a city that feels nothing like home.
The verses drift between chemical nightmares and gallery strangers etching names on his eyelids, then Maggie’s bridge floats in like a glitchy voicemail asking if anyone even remembers anything anymore. They built it in their usual chaotic way, layering distorted guitars over warped vocal chops until it sounds like a memory you can’t trust.
Country Road sits as track two on Riviera’s 10-song haze, right after the glitchy opener and before the album dives deeper into their Riviera fantasy, this sun-bleached, pill-faded version of Los Angeles where nothing’s real but everything hurts. The whole thing clocks around 38 minutes of distorted beauty, from the slow-burn Pine Tree to the chaotic closer that sounds like a party drowning. They’ve been teasing it forever, but the Spotify pre-save finally locked the tracklist and gave us this one early.
The Hellp’s been this underground secret for years, kids trading their EPs like contraband, and now they’re stepping into the light without cleaning up the mess. At a time when everything feels too polished, Riviera sounds like the comedown we all need.
X is already full of people clipping the “this ain’t West Virginia, this is LA” line over night-drive footage, calling it the soundtrack to every bad decision that felt right. If their old stuff was the trip, this album’s the morning after you don’t want to end.
Dive into the Country Road lyrics below and unpack its raw narrative. Don’t miss other Riviera tracks for more of The Hellp’s distorted glow.
| Lead Vocals | Maggie Cnossen & Noah Dillon |
| Songwriter | Chandler Lucy, Noah Patrick Dillon & Trayer Tryon |
| Music Producer | Chandler Lucy, Gavin Bennett, Trayer Tryon, Noah Patrick Dillon & How to Dress Well |
| Label | Atlantic Records |
| Release Date | September 11, 2025 |
| Song Language | English |
| Copyright © | Anemoia Records & Atlantic Records |
Lyrics of Country Road by The Hellp
[Verse 1: Noah Dillon]
Took A Green Light And
It Took Us So Far Past
The Colorful Town And
The Things That Make Sound And
Cynical Gaze
The Trivial Ways
A Chemical Nightmare
Something So Strange
A Child Fell Down Now
They’d Probably Say
I Want To Be A Pine Tree
’cause They Never Know Change And
I Make It So Far
I Give It So Loud
I Took It All Easy
I Took It So Proud
[Pre-Chorus: Noah Dillon]
And I Saw Them
In The Daylight There
And I Felt It
On The Pitch Black Plains
But I’m Not There And
I Never Really Was But
I’m Really Not Here Either
Never Notice, Never Nodding
In The Least Bit
[Chorus: Noah Dillon]
Look At The Moonlight
Yeah, You Really Can Kill The Vibe
When I’m Off Two 25’s
And There’s Like No Drink And Drive
And I’m Like
Country Road, Take Me Home
But This Ain’t West Virginia
This Is La, I’m On Sunset
Driving Home And I’m All Alone (Ha)
[Verse 2: Noah Dillon]
I Woke Up Brand New To
A Gallery Of Faces
A Family Of Strangers
Etching Names Into My Eyelids
Because I’m Brand New I
Forgot About You But
The Memory It Binds Us
To Something Carved In The Blue
[Bridge: Maggie Cnossen]
Do-do You Connect All The Dots
Do-do-do You Collect All My Thoughts
Do-do-do You Stop And Restart
Do-do-do You Retain Everything
Do-do You Connect All The Dots
Do-do-do You Collect All My Thoughts
Do-do-do You Stop And Restart
Do-do-do You Retain Everything
[Chorus: Noah Dillon]
Look At The Moonlight
Yeah, You Really Can Kill The Vibe
When I’m Off Two 25’s
And There’s Like No Drink And Drive
And I’m Like
Country Road, Take Me Home
But This Ain’t West Virginia
This Is La, I’m On Sunset
Driving Home And I’m All Alone
[Outro: Noah Dillon]
Ha-ha, Woo
And I’m All Alone (Say)
La
Ha-ha, Woo
And I’m All Alone (Say, Ah)
Frequently Asked Questions
