Boston’s Gretchen Shae and The Middle Eight kick out the kind of medium tempo alt rock that invites you to soak in the sludgy waters of 90s, world-negating downer vibes. If that’s your thing.

Dusty guitar progressions chug along to bouncy bass lines and goth-spun lyrics that promise to lift the veil from the eyes and reveal a hitherto unknown truth. What sort of truth? Hard to say exactly. Layers of symbolism obscure the inner meaning, but the emotional content is plain as day.

Watch for the guitar-fueled chorus that builds into a Level 5 hurricane at the close of our highlighted track “Skeleton Closet.” It will rock your dark, bummer world.

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