Photo credit: Michael Dubin
Denver, CO punks, Public Opinion, have just dropped their second full-length, The Curse of Public Opinion, via SideOneDummy records. They recently shared the album track, “Modern Convenience,” featuring Vinnie Carauna of I Am The Avalanche. It comes with an official visualizer video. Watch it below and read more.
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Lyrically, vocalist Kevin Hart (not that one) rejects social media-derived faux therapy sentiments and platitude-drenched motivational speeches; this is properly pissed-at-the-world music for when it’s just time to vent. “A lot of bands make music about feeling bad but they’re so dialed-in. I think our message is a little more messy, but a lot more human,” he explains. “At the end of the day I’m kind of a quiet, angry guy. I don’t explode, I implode. So when it comes to the songs I don’t try to stop all that from coming through.”
The Curse of Public Opinion is a lean 27 minutes of f*ck-you anthems that plumb the depths of existential disappointment through a potent cocktail of 2000s garage rock swagger, classic punk hooks, and hardcore bite. Some albums provide the soundtrack for picking yourself back up, but Public Opinion are there for when you’re getting kicked while you’re down. Now listeners can hear The Curse of Public Opinion in full and catch these songs live at the band’s upcoming US tour dates with Quicksand and Sparta.
Public Opinion emerged from the Denver, Colorado, hardcore scene in 2020 and have evolved from spunky proto-punks into the anthemic rock & roll powerhouse heard on their sophomore album. Recorded with Brett Romnes (Anxious, I Am The Avalanche, Hot Mulligan), The Curse of Public Opinion sounds absolutely massive, pushing the band’s blend of melody and madness further than ever before.
The Curse of Public Opinion tracklisting:
01 Balloon Man Running
02 Flowers By Irene
03 I Pay Everyone I Still Talk To
04 Lucky Me
05 Closed Captioning
06 When Kevin Gets Free
07 Enhancement Talent
08 Epitaph
09 Modern Convenience (ft. Vinnie Caruana)
10 The Curse of Public Opinion
Upcoming Shows:
08/22 Colorado Springs, CO @ Black Sheep ^
08/23 Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre ^
09/12 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl *
09/13 Durham, NC @ Stanzyks *
09/14 Washington DC @ Pearl Street *
09/16 Philadelphia, PA @ Wow Cambridge Hall *
09/17 Queens, NY @ TV Eye *
09/18 Medford, MA @ Deep Cuts *
09/19 Portland, ME @ House of Music *
09/20 Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom *
09/22 Rochester, NY @ The Bug Jar *
09/23 Pittsburgh, PA @ Bottlerocket *
09/24 Lakewood, OH @ Mahall’s *
09/26 Hamtramck, MI @ Smalls *
09/27 Newport, KY @ Southgate Revival Sanctuary *
^ w/ Quicksand, Bane, Soul Blind
* w/ Sparta
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