Vitalizing tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine
9 November 2026
Dagda Photography
Band: ALREADY DEAD
Who: Before forming the Massachuttes trio’s its members were raised
on punk, ska, and hardcore noisemakers, and mix in other influences
across a spectrum of genres to create a sound that’s entirely their own.
Track: 0, 5s and 25s
The lead single from their upcoming 3rd album ‘Traditions and Dysfunctions’,
out on December 4th. It comes with shocking B-side Redirected.
Songwriter/vocalist/guitarist Dan Cummings, and guitarist/vocalist Brandon Bartlett
found themselves at a crossroads, both dealing with life-altering situations completely
independent of each other.
Cummings, a union pipefitter, was suffering from crippling back pain from a career in construction, facing spine surgery and an uncertain future while his family was dealing with a private tragedy; and Bartlett, an Army veteran, confronted his addiction to begin
a long, hard road to sobriety.
Bartlett about 0,5s and 25’s : “I randomly got the idea to write a song and somehow incorporate 0, 5s and 25s into it. I wanted to make 0, 5’s and 25’s work for regular life
in the song, so the 0 is checking yourself, ‘make sure your shit’s straight; 5 is checking your immediate circle; and 25 is being weary of the general populace. I snuck in some other Army terms like ‘toe the line’, ‘stay alert, stay alive’ and ‘place the mission first’ into the lyrics.”
TUTV: The blue collar hardcorers unleash a nuclear missile here. A supersonic rocket that shoot big holes in the ozone layer. 0,5s and 25’s explodes in your face like a grenade (so to speak).
Artillery guitars and bombarding drums threathen to destroy all pieces of shit
who bullshit around on this turbulent planet. Miraculously, the vocalists prevail
in the midst of the maddening mayhem. Think Dropkick Murphys on acid.
A sonic blunami.
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