Photo by Shawn Brackbill

Following the buzz of their 2020 debut album, Hunger for a Way Out, the Lawrence-based duo of Lira Mondal and Caufiel Schnug released one of the more promising contenders for a breakthrough-to-come with the 2021 single “Pain Without a Touch”, a listen with an infectious energy instantaneously free-flowing through their style of flash punk moves and crude, new wave synths that both filled a hole where PRIESTS once strutted, but also made you hungry for more. “Eraser”, the lead single from the band’s forthcoming sophomore follow-up, Good Living Is Coming For You, answers back to that call. The more life moves forward, however, the more questions seem to pile-up in Mondal’s head where a form of imposter syndrome lives rent-free. “She’s there before I / Have a chance to stop it / How I want to stop her / Reappearing,” she casts over its racing heartbeat of propellant drums and wiry synth-punk, disquiet rising. It’s only when she takes a step back, breathes in, and lets meditation guide her away from intrusive thinking where it disappears. “Erase it away,” she sings, once again becoming master of her own mind’s domain.

Sweeping Promises’ Good Living Is Coming For You will be released June 30th on Feel It Records / Sub Pop.