Boston-based trio Viruette unleash a gripping rock energy on new track “Sick Hominid,” the lead single from their debut EP, Waylaid in Aspic. A melodic, amped-up sound recalls moody post-punk, ardent punk, and heyday Brit-pop in its escalating, fervent production. A thick bass line and dynamic vocals, alternating between rock-ready excitement and suave mystique, accelerates into a stylishly understated bridge — and then an ensuing punk-ready hook, with delectably raucous qualities, emitting an anthemic burst with Brit-pop nostalgia.
The band describe the effort as telling “the story of a narrator seeking to end a relationship, but failing miserably in the endeavor, succumbing to the temptations of transient pleasures. He awakens in a state of self-loathing, and finds himself grasping for self-serving rationalisations of his failure to break things off, rather than take responsibility.”
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Best of October 2023’ Spotify playlist.
The track is also featured in the genre-based, best-of Spotify compilation Emerging Indie Rock.
