Album Review: Extra Arms – What Is Even Happening Right Now?

You can’t blame the guys in Extra Arms for calling out for the need for proper mental health throughout their latest What Is Even Happening Right Now? Frontman Ryan Allen sings, “I’ve been working hard on my mental health” in the early lyrics to the wildly infections album opener “Fun Guy,” and in “Vulnerabilities,” he sings, “Go and get some therapy.” The record was written in one of the most fucked up timelines in recent memory: Trump was feeling more comfortable in the role of dictator; racial injustice was finally leading to mass protests, and a global pandemic had just locked everyone in their homes with plenty of time to ponder what was going on in the world, and such is the backdrop the Detroit power-pop band were standing in front of as they got to work on their latest record. Ment...

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