It’s no secret that the world we know today is a dark, violent, frightening place. A recent joke making the rounds on the internet held that for Halloween, homeowners wouldn’t need to put up skeletons and witches to decorate, they would just have to lug the television outside and put on the news. It’s ever more important, then, that there are bands that sound like they’re having fun. They don’t necessarily have to have “fun” themes. They just need to make despair sound like a party. Boston five-piece Guerilla Toss’ 6th LP, You’re Weird Now, does exactly that. It’s a collection of songs about being lost and dealing with the world through drugs, but it makes that sound like the best time on the planet.
Although at their core they’re a punk band,…