Goddamn, what a week, huh? If you’re anything like us, you’ve probably been spending the majority of your time since last Monday screaming at your television, disowning family members, fighting waves of anxiety and capitalist dread, and deleting and reinstalling all of your social media apps. New music was still being released, though, and seemingly that is the only thing that has remained the same. Here are six songs you might have missed amid the chaos.
Coheed and Cambria ‘Someone Who Can’
Your weekly D&D sessions have been rowdy as fuck since Coheed and Cambria announced their new album, ‘The Father of Make Believe,’ last year. Rightfully so, considering the intensity of the first two singles ‘Blind Side Sonny’ and ‘Searching For Tomorrow.’ Perhaps the band has heard about your campaign being derailed repeatedly by Jeff flipping the table over every time a guitar solo comes in because their latest, ‘Someone Who Can’ is nostalgic and somber enough to have your entire party in a depressed silence for weeks to come.
Viagra Boys ‘Man Made of Meat’
Viagra Boys are back and irreverent as ever, making us ask ourselves the hard questions with their new single ‘Man Made of Meat’ Deep societal questions like: ‘Is ‘Friends’ a good show?’ ‘Should I have eaten that McDouble earlier?’ ‘Was Matthew Perry really involved with Limp Bizkit’s breakthrough album AND in the 1967 avant-garde Warhol film ‘Tub Girls?’ You’ll be too busy dancing while simultaneously mouthing ‘the fuck?’ to Google any of that, so we’ll just go ahead and let you know the answer is ‘no’ to all three.
Scowl ‘Not Hell Not Heaven’
The long-anticipated sophomore album from hardcore quintet, Scowl, has finally been announced. ‘Are We All Angels’ will be unleashed in just over two months and the scathing second single ‘Not Hell Not Heaven’ is out now. The track finds the band leaning heavier into their pop sensibilities, but it still sounds as though someone unleashed a pack of wild dogs into an unsuspecting recording studio and asked them to craft a ‘90s style alt-rock anthem.
Fucked Up ‘Disabuse’
It’s been a little over a month since we’ve heard from ‘Fucked Up,’ which, based on their recent output, might as well be a thousand years devoid of new music from the hyper-prolific Canadian quintet. Their latest, ‘Disabuse’ feels like a full-on monsoon after such a drought. The track finds the band firmly in their hardcore roots and it absolutely shreds. ‘Disabuse’ is one of two new songs that will be released via Sub Pop’s single series in March. Aside from that, we can only hope one to five new albums are being planned for the new year.
Meat Wave ‘Voicemail’ & ‘Dehydrated’
Oh shiiiiiiit yeah! Meat Wave is back, baby! It’s been nearly three years since the Chicago punk trio’s excellent “Malign Hex” was thrust into the world and that’s too long of a gap. Fortunately, the group understands the concept of underpromising and overdelivering, having released two brand new songs just over a week ago. ‘Voicemail’ is the one-minute ripper our short attention spans need in these times. ‘Dehydrated’ lingers a bit longer, frenetically oscillating between dreamy and rage-filled. Shit shreds.
Now that your nerves have been temporarily calmed by the hope of new music, you’re probably wondering where you can find more while continuing to exert as little effort as possible. Fortunately, for you, we’ve created a playlist to collect all of the year’s nonsense tracks. You can like, follow, and listen below.