If It's Too Loud...

Photo by Lucie March Normally we wouldn't cover the release of a video for a song we covered almost a year ago, but most aren't the video for sidebody's "fingerprints." First of all, it feels like it's been far too long since we've heard from the Somerville quartet. Second, "fingerprints" is one of my favorite songs of theirs, and the video helps enhance that. It could be that I've started putting on old 120 Minutes episodes while I fold laundry, but the video for "fingerprints" is hitting this great nostalgia spot for me. It features the band in a bathtub, at a laundromat, at a carwash, etc. It's the kind of clever and quirky video that could have been all over MTV in the 90's. Plus, you can tell the members of sidebody are having a ridiculous amount of fun making this. (As an added bonus, the video includes multiple Market Basket images, so if you're a Basket 'til the Casket type, you'll especially love it!) Yo...

Photo by Lucie March sidebody's 2024 album full time job  was my #5 album of the year, so I'm obviously thrilled they already have a new song out! "fingerprints" is what they're calling "... our take on a poppy summer jam." If they were shooting for a summer jam, they have completely nailed it. This might be the most poppy the Somerville band has gotten so far, but this is pop through the sidebody prism. The song is a light and fun track with a guitar riff to match. It's a little dirty, but in an oddly old timey kind of way. Of course, it's still a sidebody song so it's hardly Top 40 ready. There are little bursts of DIY punk that jump out at you with some fun and unexpectedly catchy gang vocals in the chorus. This is the perfect song to use as an introduction to sidebody to ease them into their new obsession.  You can listen to "fingerprints" below. If you're free Thursday night, they'll be playing The Jungle as part of Clo...