Kevin Bronson on February 8th, 2021

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Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Heather Rivas makes genre-fluid songs that are like emotions and experiences in a bottle … only shaken vigorously, then uncorked.

The Los Angeles native, a graduate of Berklee College of Music, has a background in jazz, has played with artists such as Spacette, Emily Kinney, Jacob Banks, Tonina and LoveLeo and works with piano/keyboards as her primary instrument.

But it is a ticklish guitar lick that draws you into her new single “Think of Me,” the follow-up to last fall’s “September” and her sophomore EP, “The Way We Used to Be,” released last March. In the new single, Rivas laments being on a relationship rollercoaster, venting over harsh percussion as the song spirals toward a noisy, head-spinning finish.

At the root of the song, she says, is infatuation — and the notion that the idea of being with a romantic partner often doesn’t match the reality. “A lot of us have been in a place where we realize we’re late in communicating or we just avoid it all together because it’s uncomfortable,” Rivas says. “Most of the time, infatuation is pretty unhealthy, and I don’t think most of us ever want to admit out loud that we’ve been infatuated with someone.”

Director Josh Jason’s video for “Think of Me” simply captures an energetic performance by Rivas, bassist Stephanie D’Arcy and drummer Anthony Johnson. By the end, she’s alone in a spotlight, having “realized it ain’t worth the time” and warning “don’t ya think of me when ya sleep.”

||| Watch: The video for “Think of Me”

||| Also: Stream “September” and “The Way We Used to Be”