Hey, I’m Outside says “Hi Neighbor!” at the Silhouette Lounge on Monday, 12 February 2024.

Over Ends and Massive Nightmares open the triple-stack Hump Nights bill.

Are you being brainwashed by the big banner advertisement on the back wall in the backroom of the Silhouette Lounge?

If you haven’t been yet (what are you waiting for?), there’s a banner advertising Narragansett beer the width of two or three grown adult human beings, if you laid out three human beings lengthwise.

Not sure why you’d lay out three humans lengthwise though.

Are you drinking more Narragansett in virtue of the repetitive suggestion planted in your brain by the banner? That’s the power and influence of marketing. If you drank plenty of that brand of beer before seeing the banner, you probably can’t gauge the difference.

In terms of brainwashing, though, the graphic designers could do a little more with the visuals. It’s a very text-heavy product with a minimal logo here and there. Reflect on how many visuals were used to reprogram Alex in A Clockwork Orange. Images are powerful, often more powerful than words in terms of manipulating human behavior.

But at the end of the day it’s probably the price of Narragansett that manipulates most people into buying it. Keep ‘em cheap, keep ‘em coming. Sounds gross, hmmm.

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A raucous pop punk quartet. It’s Massive Nightmares! The band advertises itself as “New England style power pop” on their Bandcamp. Are they trying to brainwash us? If you know what the “New England style” subvariant of the power pop genre amounts to, let us know in the comments.

A two-piece with some whomp. It’s Over Ends! The backroom at the Sil is a particular good place for a two-piece because the space is so damn small. The drummer provided a comfy runway for the guitar to take off into the upper atmosphere. You can’t pair a drummer with every instrument under the sun in rock n roll. Like, a flute/drum combo is just not going to work (prove me wrong!) – that’s jazz.

Oh, wait, there are three people in this band? The Hey, I’m Outside Bandcamp lists and pictures two personages: Patrick McPherson and Hannah Fletcher. ‘Personages’ is a classier version of ‘persons,’ just like ‘utilize’ is a classier version of ‘use.’ Utilize it sparingly though. Must need the third personage to fill out the band for live performances. The trio served up a lighter mix of indie vibes, dialing down the hard rocking mood of the openers for a breezier tang.

Thank god they didn’t use a drum machine, for real.

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