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 break...