TELL - "Sweet Proximity"

Photo by Dan Saltzman

Boston's TELL are back with a new single, and you're going to want to buckle up for this one. "Sweet Proximity" keeps the trademark TELL sound that we love, somewhere between gritty early 80's alternative that lives in the space between punk and New Wave, and mid 90's arena ready alt-rock. The guitars in this one remind me of bands like Mission of Burma and Sonic Youth in their distortion that is almost meant to repel you, but "Sweet Proximity" is also unexpectedly catchy. Add in just a little 70's style glam, and TELL have themselves a killer alt-rocker on their hands. This is the type of sound that should be huge, but the universe would never allow for that.

Guitarist Jim Foster says of the band's new single:

“‘Sweet Proximity’ manifests the band's intense feelings about the current global situation; it's the drastic sound of things falling apart. It might be an unhinged, disjointed fit somewhat resembling a muscle spasm or near-fatal conniption, but you can definitely dance to it.”

You can listen to "Sweet Proximity" below. For more on TELL, check out the band's website. They're playing tonight (March 14) at Warp & Weft in Lowell, and The Square Root in Roslindale May 9.