“Both the song and the North of Boston-based band are throwbacks to when punk rock often meant politically charged songs written and played by working class musicians.”
“We don’t think Boston’s Already Dead is getting enough credit in terms of their anthem-making ability. But maybe latest single, “Landlord”, will change all that…”
Rock and Roll Fables
“If The Clash were dubbed the “thinking man’s yobs,” maybe we can call Already Dead the “thinking man’s Massholes”?”
“HUMP DAY NEWS”
“The anthemic “My Collar Is Blue,” a street-punk fight song fueled by folk mindfulness, a slight outlaw country twang, and proper nods to their Celtic heritage (complete with bodhrán and mandolin), roars out of the speakers with an impassioned, all-together fury. It’s a heavy battlecry, relaying a message that carries forward from generation to generation.”
- NEW NOISE MAGAZINE 11/16/22
“This working-class punk turbo canned 7 working-class punk anthems for working-class people who wear their working-class identity on their sleeves. Loud and proud. 7 sucker punches about and for natural-born blue collar workers. They switch from a raw-riff-roaring hammer blow (Stability) to head-spinning rocka-punk-billy (Talk About It), to a Celtic rock chant à la Dropkick Murphys, to anti-hypocrites hard-core, to The Clash-like amplified reggae (City’s Burnin’) and end with a sax-y groover (Something Of Freedom). Fists in the air for the workers! Middle-finger for all greedy employers out there!”
