Cavetown’s carving out space for the messy aches of growing sideways on Running With Scissors, his latest studio album slicing into shelves January 16, 2026 through Futures Music Group (a joint venture between Neon Gold and Avenue A Records), and “Micah” sneaks up like that one friend’s text at 3 a.m.—equal parts comfort and quiet devastation.
This deep cut, track 10 on the 13-song set, feels like Cavetown—aka Robin Skinner—at his most unarmored: lo-fi guitars strumming over hazy synths and those signature breathy vocals that wrap vulnerability in a warm hug. It’s bedroom pop with a folk-indie lean, the kind that blooms in headphones during rainy commutes, blending gentle builds with raw whispers that hit like emotional landmines.
Thematically, it’s a tender excavation of platonic bonds gone bittersweet—grappling with the pull of someone who mirrors your quirks but drifts just out of reach, laced with nods to identity flux and the scars of unspoken “what nows.” No big collabs here, just Robin’s solo alchemy from his Cambridge hideout, teased in a fleeting Instagram Live snippet last month where he called it “a letter I never sent,” sparking fan theories on TikTok about queer heartaches and found family.
Running With Scissors lives up to its name—a chaotic quilt of 40-ish minutes threading adulthood’s sharp edges with whimsy. Pulled from the vault of pandemic demos and fresh ’25 sessions, the tracklist spins tales of love’s weird shapes (“Rainbow Gal,” “Baby Spoon”) to existential glitches (“NPC,” “Reaper”), closing with the title pulse that ties it all in a bow of defiant joy. Standouts include Chloe Moriondo on “Sailboat” and that frantic “Straight Through My Head (DO IT!!!),” all under a concept of chasing connection without the cuts. It’s Cavetown ditching the teen angst of Lemon Boy for something sturdier, proving he’s still the king of turning inner turmoil into anthems that feel like group therapy.
Robin’s hitting this drop at a crossroads glow: 28, freshly out as non-binary and riding the wave of Worm Food’s 2022 intimacy that packed arenas from Brixton to Boston. Post a sold-out 2025 tour where he debuted “Micah” acoustically (fans lost it over the bridge), he’s evolving from YouTube whisperer to indie force—therapy-fueled, collab-heavy, and unafraid to let the scissors run.
Dive into the Micah lyrics below and unpack its raw narrative. Don’t miss other Running With Scissors tracks for more of Cavetown’s heartfelt indie confessions.
Lyrics of Micah by Cavetown
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