The Dead Towns “Permanent Midnight”

If you ever have to ask yourself whether or not you should stay for the rest of the show, the best practice is to just. Stay. The cat is not going to starve, your problems will not be solved by returning to your hovel half an hour earlier. Really, if your cat was worth a rip, it would figure out how to solve them for you.

Those 30 minutes are better spent seeing The Dead Towns for the first time at Exit/In last Sunday, 12/8. Taking the stage after Georgia boys Silver Palms, and the always entertaining Them Vibes, The Dead Town’s set was sharp and bouncy, and played like a mixtape dedicated to every skate punk bands in California in 1982. Their self-titled summer release offers a slight departure from what I witnessed, leaning closer to Brandon Flowers than Jello Biafra. Its still a slick collection of tunes; "Permanent Midnight" is loaded with the same personality that won me over at Exit/In.  Here’s hopes that 2014 is a good year for these boys.  -Terra James-Jura