Alien Boy was marked a loud favorite of ours with last year’s debut Never Getting Over It, and a roaring cover of "Hand In Glove" by the Smiths that came along with it. The album showed Alien Boy as a rambunctious callback to late 90’s emo laced pop punk and with the release of their newest EP Stay Alive, we find ourselves still enjoying their clamor, with a more settled down maturity.
Though Stay Alive was digitially released in early October, its coinciding show celebrating the physical 7" takes place this Thursday at Blackwater. Beloved Deli Portland picks Little Star will be joining Alien Boy, along with horror glam punks Sweeping Exits and some hardcore from Naux.
All proceeds from money collected at the door of this all-ages show will go to Planned Parenthood and for just a $5 cover, it’d be kind of silly not to come support.
Stay Alive is available on vinyl via Good Cheer Records and on cassette tape through Olympia’s Reflective Tapes.