Already Dead is doing everything to prove it is the opposite of. There's nothing but then really, really nothing dead about this band. If ever there was a punk band alive than it is Already Dead. The band has become a four man band again with its new bass player Brian Ferrazzani. He joined singer/guitarist Dan Cummings, guitarist/singer Brandon Barlett and drummer Nick Cali. The Boston punkers released their second album with Something Like A War. Only in 2022 it released its first single 'Stability' followed by the album 'My Collar Is Blue' a few months later.
It does not make sense to single out any other songs. Already Dead gives each song its all. Sure, there may be some variation, even a "relaxing", everything is relative, is it not, interlude and non-electric guitar, even a mandoline. Pressed to name another band, I would opt for The Offspring and add a sense of seriousness that the L.A. band not always has, like the already mentioned Rancid. The band may play punk, it knows where to find the melody in a song structure to make the songs more attractive. You will find that, no matter how loud a song, it is exactly that, a song. That makes the album a winner.
With 'The Spirit of Massachusetts Avenue' Already Dead gave a promise it seemed impossible to deliver upon. It did though with a great punk album that stands out there with the best in history.
Wout de Natris - van der Borght
You can listen to and order Something Like A War here:
https://alreadydeadmusic.bandcamp.com/track/something-like-a-war
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