26 September 2026 – Patrick Doval Builds a Rocket Because Apparently Dating Apps Were Not Complicated Enough

Independent Miami songwriter and filmmaker Patrick Doval has released "Rocket to the Moon," a guitar-driven rock single accompanied by a suitably ambitious cinematic video. The premise is delightfully excessive: a lonely man builds an actual rocket and heads for the moon in search of love. Most people would probably try another dating app first, but that would produce a considerably less interesting music video.

Doval wrote and recorded the track as part of his continuing combination of music and filmmaking, building the song around melodic rock instrumentation and widescreen atmosphere. Former Offspring drummer Pete Parada supplies the drums, giving the recording some muscular propulsion before Duncan Sparks handles mixing and mastering. The accompanying film expands the song's themes of distance, devotion and longing into science-fiction imagery, following the construction and journey of the rocket through moonlit landscapes.

Doval has now made more than twenty-five music videos alongside six albums and numerous singles, so the visual component is less promotional garnish than an established part of his work. His forthcoming visibility also extends beyond his own videos: earlier song "Crush" is slated for the end credits of Ron Krauss's film Wounds. "Rocket to the Moon" therefore makes a fairly effective introduction to Doval's particular corner of independent rock, where emotional problems apparently require aerospace engineering. Sometimes three chords are enough. Sometimes you need three chords, a launch vehicle and a drummer who once played in The Offspring.