Carissa Johnson & The Cure-Alls - "Millennium"

Carissa Johnson is one of Boston's favorite singer-songwriters, even if she now splits time between here and New York. Her latest single with The Cure-Alls packs quite the sonic punch. "Millennium" keeps her garage rock/pop/punk sound intact, but something about the song feels much more raw than we're used to from Johnson. It's a fun and catchy rock song that has Johnson's emotions just spilling out. Johnson doesn't reinvent any genres with a song like "Millennium," but she has this certain quality that you know it's her as soon as a song starts. Her specialty is songs that exist right on the line between pop and rock, which this one certainly does. "Millennium" is the rare song that is going to satisfy the most snobby indie rock critic and someone who exclusively listens to Top 40. That's the magic of Carissa Johnson.

Carissa Johnson says of her latest single:

"This song was written after a very difficult and sudden breakup I went through this past February. The breakup was blindsiding from my point of view and for the first half of this year I was having a really difficult time understanding what happened and how to move on. I have since gone back to school to get my BA in psychology and got certified in Attachment Theory this past Summer. I was about to leave New York and go back home to Boston, but wound up deciding to stay after I got all my stuff packed up to go. It’s been a year of complete surrender and change — but things are finally falling into place. This song helped me cope with the loss of the person I loved the most, and I want it to reach anyone who’s going through a hard time with a breakup, with grief, or any kind of heartbreak. It’s about trying to understand the other person’s point of view and surrendering to an incredibly difficult situation where there was no closure."

You can listen to "Millennium" below. For more on Carissa Johnson & The Cure-Alls, check out the artist's website.