Fresh off a Cambridge, MA show this week with Dead Boys and The Plimsouls, pioneering Boston rockers Nervous Eaters – contemporaries of bands like Ramones, Police, Iggy Pop, and The Pretenders – have released a new single ‘Kelly’s Sixteen’ which comes on the heels of the band’s critically-lauded 2022 return full-length, ‘Monsters + Angels,’ on Stevie Van Zandt’s Wicked Cool Records.
2022’s ‘Monsters + Angels’ marked a welcome return for the 4-piece, and the new single further proves that they are as relevant as ever. ‘Kelly’s Sixteen’ is open to interpretation for listeners. However, the inspiration comes from a young girl who is very troubled and contemplates taking her own life.
Bassist Brad Hallen explains, “Social media platforms are a cesspool of narcissism and studies show that young people have been taking their own lives more commonly as a result of all this exposure to it. We all need more human-to-human contact instead of relationships with our phones, and through our music, we’re encouraging listeners to spread that message.”