Welp, this summer should be awesome. Dead Sara dropped this single in early May with the announcement that they’ll be releasing a new EP, Temporary Things Taking Up Space, on June 8.

There’s been a bit of a lull in Dead Sara’s music releases ever since bassist Chris Null left the band in 2017. I had assumed that their next single would feature a new bassist with largely the same overall sound.

Wrong and wrong.

“Unamerican” comes as a three-piece where the lack of a bass guitar is never felt.

Emily Armstrong’s wailing combined with Siouxsie Medley’s distortion-laden riff achieves the same overwhelming feeling as their older songs.

Sean Friday continues his run as my favorite drummer with his energetic playing.

I don’t know if Temporary Things Taking Up Space  will include any bassist, even as a studio performer. I hope not. I want to see what they do with the pieces they have.

Judging from “Unamerican” and “Heaven’s Got a Back Door”, Dead Sara will get on just fine.

Steve D