a home-grown return to music, love, and the comfort of creating again

Aaron Reiter’s new project A Wolf Like Me arrives with the kind of warmth and grit that only comes from making music at home, with nothing to hide and everything to feel. His new single ‘Triple Denim’ is a rough-edged but deeply melodic blend of 90s-influenced indie rock and grunge, shaped by honesty, instinct, and a renewed desire to create after years away from the studio.

What started as a quiet return to the guitar soon unfolded into a full creative reawakening. Written and recorded entirely at home, the track captures that raw, immediate energy you only get when an idea moves straight from feeling to tape, no filter and no fuss. It is a love song wrapped inside a little chaos, a nod to Dinosaur Jr.’s fuzzed-out sensitivity, and a reminder that even when life shifts around you, the small rituals shared with someone you love stay steady.

We caught up with Aaron to talk about reconnecting with music after a long break, the triple-denim metaphor, how a studio mistake turned into a perfect synth line, and what comes next as he heads toward 2026.

We have been fans of your recent output, but how would you describe this project to a new listener?

I’d describe this project as a home-grown blend of 90s-influenced indie rock and grunge – melodic, a little rough around the edges, and definitely far from perfect, but full of heart.

It’s all recorded at home, so there’s an honesty and immediacy to it that I think captures what the songs are really about.

You have returned to music after a long break, what prompted that moment, and how has it felt to step back into creating again?

I’ve definitely missed making music, and even though I took a long break, it never felt completely gone. It was always there in the background, just not active like it is again now. The turning point turned out to be really simple: I picked up a guitar one day, started messing around with some alternate tunings, and things just started to flow.

“One idea led to another, and before I knew it, I was fully back into creating again”

It felt natural, familiar, and really good to reconnect with that part of myself again after such a long time.

How would you describe the feeling or moment you wanted to capture in this one?

This one is partly about me and my wife, it’s really about two people sharing time and life together, even as everything around you changes. There’s also this idea of people holding onto the past, which is where the triple-denim analogy comes from; it’s a way of saying that people are stuck in old versions of themselves.  

In the end, it’s a kind of love song – both to my wife and, in its own way, to Dinosaur Jr., whose influence is all over my music. When Dinosaur Jr fans hear the words to the chorus, they’ll get it.

There’s also a string/synth line in there that was a complete mistake. I was aiming for a mellotron sound but hit the wrong button. The result was too epic to ignore 🙂 

We love it. Why did this song feel like the right one to share now?

It’s a different situation for AWLM. As it’s just me, I work on the songs at my own pace and it seems to be that there’s always one that gets a flow happening and then gets all of my attention. It just happened that this one took over and became “the next one”. 

Why the name A Wolf Like Me for this project, and is there any connection to the TV on the Radio track? We absolutely love that song too.

The name A Wolf Like Me is a yes-and-no situation. Yes, I do love the TV on the Radio song – though funny enough, I didn’t actually hear it until Local H covered it, and I think their version is far superior to the original. But the name itself goes back way further for me.

Many years ago I got nicknamed ‘the Wolf,’ after the character in Pulp Fiction, because I was the one who could step in and solve problems. I’ve used that name in different forms ever since, so it felt natural to bring it into this project. The song connection is more of a happy coincidence than the reason behind it.

And what is next for you going into 2026?

Heading into 2026, the big focus is hitting the live scene.

I’ve already started the process of lining up some shows, and I’ve teamed up with local drummer Alex Ford so we can take this out as a proper band. The next piece of the puzzle is finding the right bass player – that hunt is officially on.

There’ll definitely be more new music too; I’m just not sure yet whether it’ll keep coming as individual singles or if some of it will shape itself into an EP. Either way, 2026 is about taking these songs from the home recordings to the stage.

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Well, we’re definitely excited about that. And love the momentum and music that we’re hearing. Huge thanks to Aaron for sharing more about A Wolf Like Me ❤️