Eternal Rin has gone from writing her first song in her bedroom to playing Outbreak Fest in 18 months, and ‘404notfound’ is a gorgeous, gloomy slab of shoegaze worth getting lost in…

Words by Felix Bartlett | Nov 12, 2026

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If you’ve not come across Eternal Rin yet, now’s the time to fix that. The North-East artist has just dropped ‘404notfound’, her first single in nearly a year, and it’s a properly haunting bit of anthemic shoegaze.

There’s something fitting about Eternal Rin coming from a part of the UK known for its low cloud and fog, because her music is soaked in that same misty atmosphere. Blending shoegaze textures with the looming shadow of nu-metal and a futuristic, emotional edge, she tells stories of personal struggle, mental health and finding your way back, all filtered through the horror-tinged fantasy of the survival games she’s escaped into throughout her life.

Check it out below: