Already Dead - "The Spirit of Massachusetts Avenue"

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Massachusetts has a long history of fantastic working class punk bands, and our newest favorite is Already Dead. Their latest single, "The Spirit of Massachusetts Avenue," is their most punk song yet. It explores how Mass Ave goes from fancy suburbs and colleges to hospitals and then homeless encampments. It's an absolute rager of a song that recalls the early days of Dropkick Murphys. "The Spirit of Massachusetts Avenue" is a hard and fast track filled with buzzsaw guitars and shouted vocals. Already Dead are coming around just when we need local blue collar punk heroes more than ever.

Vocalist/guitarist Dan Cummings says of his band's latest song:

“The song is an observation that just one road can be two separate worlds caused by social structures and allocations of resources. And it delivers a very deliberate ‘%$#@ you’ to those who have the power to change things in one of these worlds for the better, but choose not to.”

You can listen to "The Spirit of Massachusetts Avenue" below. Something Like a War is due out in July. For more on Already Dead, check out the band's website.