In the haunting new single “Designer Graves,” Mission To Sleep delivers a searing critique of our culture’s love affair with glamorous self-destruction. Boston-based artist Rob Wu, the mastermind behind this alternative rock project, crafts a powerful narrative that feels both timely and timeless.

The track opens with an arresting image: “Through a new kaleidoscope / We’re chasing a dream.” It’s a perfect metaphor for our distorted pursuit of pleasure, setting up the song’s exploration of how we beautify our own undoing. The title itself is brilliantly paradoxical – after all, what could be more fitting for our Instagram age than making even our demise aesthetically pleasing?

Wu’s lyrics cut deeper with each verse, particularly in the hypnotic chorus where he intones “Running to a glamorous oblivion.” It’s the kind of line that sticks with you, capturing the strange dance we do with destruction when it comes dressed in designer clothes. The song’s nocturnal setting (“In the dead of the night / We come alive”) perfectly frames this world of beautiful catastrophe, where shadows hide the consequences of our choices.