Stability

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Written By Michael Gutierrez

Boston’s Already Dead fires off loud and lively on the lead single “Stability” from their forthcoming debut album My Collar Is Blue, out 9/9.

The band describes it as a “wanderlust song about chasing a dream or a life while still maintaining the life you have built in the meantime.” Three- or four-chord progressions and chainsaw stompboxes rule the day on the bouncy, uptempo punk thriller. The trio romps n rolls their truth like a well-oiled machine. No fussy solos or curlicues to the sound – all killer, no filler.

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Waxahatchee: “Right Back To It”
Waxahatchee: “Right Back To It”

A medium tempo banjo walker.

RHÛN: “Bone Ornament”
RHÛN: “Bone Ornament”

The band self-describes as all kinds of black metal sub-variants.

Mary Halvorson: “Ultramarine”
Mary Halvorson: “Ultramarine”

All the instruments go on a solo walk.

FACS: “North America Endless”
FACS: “North America Endless”

Do you buy that the actor is or was a smoker though?

M-Dot: “Willows Weep” ft. Lateb
M-Dot: “Willows Weep” ft. Lateb

No wonder the protagonist can’t sleep at night.

Tiger Witch: “Spirit of ‘73”
Tiger Witch: “Spirit of ‘73”

A pert and perky pop premonition.

Leather Lung: “Spit In The Casket”
Leather Lung: “Spit In The Casket”

This stoner metal band understands their aesthetic.

This Day In History: “Cpt. Cooper”
This Day In History: “Cpt. Cooper”

Appreciate the feedback intro.

Ryan John Clary & Carissa Johnson: “Sometimes”
Ryan John Clary & Carissa Johnson: “Sometimes”

Whoah, transported to the Wild West!

Dowsing Rod: “Ditchwasher”
Dowsing Rod: “Ditchwasher”

A slow tempo post punk roller from the South Shore.

Tenacious Bird of Prey: “Feathers of a Massacred Bird”
Tenacious Bird of Prey: “Feathers of a Massacred Bird”

Long band name, long song title.

Echo Kid: “Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me)”
Echo Kid: “Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me)”

Nobody loves Xmas indie rock tunes more than Hump Day News.

Dogs On Shady Lane: “Pile of Photos”
Dogs On Shady Lane: “Pile of Photos”

Who has ‘piles’ of photos anymore?

Itsï Ramirez: “Josephine”
Itsï Ramirez: “Josephine”

The sound of one thousand baby birds chirping.

Keeley Forsyth: “Horse”
Keeley Forsyth: “Horse”

A “bleak and foreboding landscape” for sure.

True Green: “Midtown Matt”
True Green: “Midtown Matt”

A little bedroom pop, a little garage rock, a little foyer blues.

Michael Christmas: “Nissan Altima”
Michael Christmas: “Nissan Altima”

Named after a car with an 84 out of 100 reliability rating.

KMRU: “Dissolution Grip”
KMRU: “Dissolution Grip”

Do artists feel pressure to deliver on the title track of an album?

Jobi Riccio: “Lonely Tonight”
Jobi Riccio: “Lonely Tonight”

Loneliness rides shotgun in a lot of pop songs but rarely takes the wheel.

Lunar Ark: “Guillotine”
Lunar Ark: “Guillotine”

A 19:29 post metal annihilation from the Boston-based drone slayers.

Gabriel Birnbaum: “Perfect Again”
Gabriel Birnbaum: “Perfect Again”

It’s been a minute since Birnbaum’s last solo release.

Walt McClements: “Nest of Earrings”
Walt McClements: “Nest of Earrings”

2+2=5.

Declaw: “Let It Ride”
Declaw: “Let It Ride”

A noisy blunderbuss of an intro.

Washer: “Come Back As A Bug”
Washer: “Come Back As A Bug”

A slow tempo rallying cry to the entomophile community.

Stuck: “Planet Money”
Stuck: “Planet Money”

The Chicago post punkers have a take on capitalism – it’s not a love letter!

Lane: “Everybody’s Finding Out”
Lane: “Everybody’s Finding Out”

A cool Rubik’s Cube riff rambler.

Joanna Sternberg: “Mountains High”
Joanna Sternberg: “Mountains High”

Not a song about smoking dope.

Class President: “Boy Wonder”
Class President: “Boy Wonder”

Pop confection, rock perfection.

Twig: “Nude Beaches”
Twig: “Nude Beaches”

This is the hardest rocking nude beach you’ve ever been to.

Kamasi Washington: “Prologue”
Kamasi Washington: “Prologue”

The “Prologue” is the last track on the album.

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