I want everyone to take a moment to appreciate the thematic significance of this band, Stand Atlantic, releasing their pandemic album called f.e.a.r. on Hopeless Records, and opening with a track called “doomsday.” “Got a panic room with a view like a tomb with windows that show me bad news” is a poignant lyric that kicks the album off sharply. Before I can keep up with an anxiety-inducing amount of stanzas on hopelessness we arrive at “pity party (feat. Royal & the Serpent),” my favorite track from the group. On the album, it’s a swelteringly catchy song that ends in a fun skit, it tickles my blink-182 funny-bone real good-like but I would be remiss not to mention the “pity party (hyperpunk remix)” as it is a blissful noise bath. E...
