Spiral Heads - 'til I'm Dead

Brooklyn/Boston-based Spiral Heads’ music effuses punk in a way that effortlessly spans decades at once: the soft and honest subject matter of ‘60s Kinks and Pretty Things, the swagger of late ‘70s Buzzcocks and Wire, the raw energy of early ‘80s Blitz and The Adolescents, icey darkness of The Chameleons and Echo and the Bunnymen, and the anthemic pop sensibility of early ‘90s Teenage Fanclub and Ride. The result is a sound that transcends tidy categorization.

Featuring Simon Doom (Modest Mouse), Jim Carroll (American Nightmare) and Q (Doomriders), the three-piece formed after many years of knowing one another to pay homage to their collective musical roots in 2019. Sidelined by global pandemic and personal lives, their debut LP is finally seeing the light of day in 2024, after recording with Walter Schreifels (Quicksand, Rival Schools, Gorilla Biscuits) at Academy Fight Songs in Brooklyn.

The album is Spiral Heads… ‘Til I’m Dead.: a mix of distorted pop jangle meets tongue in cheek nihilism meets unnerving confessional intimacy, a rabble-rousing, boot-stomping, thirteen track singalong.