MX LONLEY — stylized in all caps, one gap — may hail from Brooklyn, but there is something about new single “Anesthetic” that transports us back to an Allston basement show in the early 2010s. The push and pull of the quartet’s heavygaze feels both deliberate and delicate, providing dizzying results, and this and January’s scrappy “Return to Sender” nicely set up the band’s intriguing debut album ALL MONSTERS (all caps, one gap), out February 20 on Julia’s War Recordings. The riff-mad sound of “Anesthetic” is fueled by the theme of an internal struggle between sensation and paralysis, with vocalist Rae Hass offering: “Anesthetic (noun) is defined as any substance that induces insensitivity to pain. …’Anesthetic’ is a love song to the addict. An ode to and feeling highs and lows rather than searching for something to numb the pain.” The official music video, directed by Owen Lehman, calls for attention.
Photo Credit: Owen Lehman