Chicago trio Downside Salesman began recording their debut EP ‘Wastehaven’ earlier this year – “COVID threw a wrench in the process but overall it allowed us to really fine tune the songs on this EP and brought us closer as a band,” explains drummer Alissa Wolff. Completing the line-up are Joey Schuringa (Pretty Pleased) on bass and backing vocals, and Bobby Lane (The Big Leagues) on guitar and lead vocals. On this release, they combine to deliver 3 tracks that offset power and intimacy and melodic hooks. Wolff continues: “The songs on Wastehaven talk about struggle with change and the process of trying to do better and be better – something everyone should be striving for.” The EP starts off innocuously enough with the rippling lilt of ‘Diagnosis Negative’, which soon thunders in o...