Photo by Manuel Barajas

In a sense, as Drug Church trudges on and the band’s cult following becomes part of the masses, there’s been a noticeable deterrence for everything that spills ill will into the headspace of vocalist Patrick Kindlon even though it was that very same poison which simmered the fury to a boil on the band’s early stages. “Myopic”, a new one-off single from the Albany post-hardcore rockers on the heels of last year’s standout, Hygiene, is their way of meeting the bitterest at its peak destruction potential, and outlasting it to live a much better next day. The triggers act as catalysts to put Kindlon and company’s rage into focus, but it’s the all-the-wiser punk philosophies in the subsequent melodic reprieves hat put everything into clearer view. “Apologies / Are a wedding night fling / Sometimes it’s best to exit quietly,” he advises. It just means that being at peace with yourself definitely doesn’t mean having to go soft.

Drug Church’s “Myopic” single is available now on Pure Noise Records.