Richmond, VA’s Doc Straw and the Scarecrows are kicking off 2025 with their new single, “How Are You?”—a lively mix of Southern rock and alternative sonic feel. The song’s main theme circles around the question we get asked, “How Are You?”, and how the answer to that question is often not “I’m great.” In the first verse, Mike Straw sings, “Out of touch, out of shape, out of time, out of place, out of my mind / I’m going crazy, it’s been happening a bit more lately, I don’t know why’d you ask?” It showcases how life isn’t always rosy and people often don’t actually anticipate authenticity when asking “How Are You?.” The second verse digs deeper into that feeling of being overwhelmed: “In a meeting, In a fight, In for a rough time, in the right. In over my head.” It shows the rea...