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| New York, NY (October 16, 2025) – Independent Bay Area artist Forrest Day has just released his highly anticipated new album,Right On Time (October 10), marking the next chapter in a career defined by honesty, emotion, and sonic adventure. At the same time, his 2011 track “Sleepwalk” has gone viral through user-created anime-themed YouTube Shorts, which have collectively amassed 11 million views in just three weeks. |
| “I’m blown away by it,” says Day. “It’s wild to see something I made so long ago connect with people in a totally new way. It’s proof that music has its own timeline.” An impressive 96% of the views are fan-driven, fueling the track’s organic success. Across platforms, “Sleepwalk” has surpassed 30 million views, and Day has gained 170,000 new monthly listeners on Spotify. |
| The viral track heightened the momentum to Day’s current work onRight On Time, a deeply personal and expansive album recorded at San Francisco’s famed Hyde Street Studios. Day self-funded the mixing and mastering with Mark Needham (The Killers, Fleetwood Mac) and Howie Weinberg, crafting 11 tracks with introspective verses and catchy choruses. Watch/share his new single, “Sweatshop Cathedral.” |
Right On Time Tracklist
- So They Say
- Paint The Walls
- Sweatshop Cathedral
- Big Wave
- Completely
- Asinine
- Will I Ever Learn
- Red Rock
- Drought
- Pillars
- Sierra
| Born in Lafayette, CA and based in Oakland, Forrest Day is a saxophonist, songwriter, and frontman known for his genre-bending sound and unfiltered storytelling. His music fuses rock, alternative, hip-hop, and soul with jazz-trained instincts and a punk ethos. Over the years, he’s built a loyal following through high-energy live shows, standout festival sets (Bottlerock 2024), and tours alongside acts like K.Flay, Flobots, and Del the Funky Homosapien. |
| When Forrest named his new album Right On Time, it was with tongue firmly in cheek, it’s been more than 10 years since his sophomore record The Second came out in 2013. A pair of EPs, Familiar Company (2014) and Limbo (2023), helped bridge the gap, but Right On Time represents a full-circle return and a bold step forward entering a new chapter in his ever-evolving career. |
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