[Cover photo courtesy of Hayley and the Crushers]

Melodic Punk band Hayley and The Crushers have released new single “Unsubscribe” which is the first single from their upcoming EP Unsubscribe from the Underground, due out September 10, 2024 via Kitten Robot Records. The song addresses creativity and identity and was written “from the perspective of a music scene veteran who sees unfamiliar people come in and make changes.”

Frontwoman/guitarist Hayley Cain says:

’Unsubscribe’ is directly connected to our feelings about creative expression and underground music scenes. Creative environments and communities are always fraught with this tension of new and old, reverence for the past and the courage to push forward. At some point, the bubble bursts and things start changing. Maybe that’s neither a good nor bad thing. But it’s always rich territory!

The band, comprised of married team Hayley Crusher Cain and bass player Dr. Cain ESQ, moved across the country to Detroit in 2022, enticed by “the eclectic music scene, cheap cost of living and touring possibilities that the Midwest provided” while keeping a homebase in San Luis Obispo, California.

Written and Produced in transition from California to Detroit, Unsubscribe from the Underground follows the band’s 2022 album, Modern Adult Kicks.

Hayley says of the EP:

We recorded half of our new songs in our lead guitarist’s Detroit basement and the other half at Josie Cotton’s beautiful LA Kitten Robot studio. I think that says a lot right there. In that way, they hold some grit and some glitz, never really teetering to one side more than the other. As a band, I think that’s where we feel most at home.