[Cover photo credit to Tommy Krause]

NYC-native and melodic Punk Rock artist Caitlin Starr has announced her sophomore EP, Speed Saves, arriving October 9, 2026, via G-Foil Records. For the EP, the guitarist and singer-songwriter “captures a conflicted, high-velocity chapter in her life.”

Her new single “Pass Me By” is out now, along with a video. It’s a track which “watches life barrel by.”

Starr says that “Pass Me By” and its accompanying music video are:

…a satirical, high-energy take on the feeling that life is barreling past you, scrolling through moments while everything speeds on without you. Inspired by moments of paralysis and FOMO, the lyrics pair darkly humorous, irreverent lines with anthemic hooks. Sonically it’s melodic and upbeat with heavy riffs and a pop-rock punch: driving drums, crunchy guitars, and a singable chorus that turns feeling left behind into a confident banger.

The “Pass Me By” music video takes Starr and the listener on aimless rollerblade ride through New York City, with nothing but her headphones and the comfort of familiar spots.

Written by Caitlin Starr and produced by Chris Cubeta, the EP’s title Speed Saves riffs on the phrases “Jesus saves” and “speed kills,” creating a “commentary on how speed — long hours, multiple jobs, constant motion, racing through the city at full speed, mania, excessive stimulants, chasing validation — can feel like the only way to keep up with the world.”

The songs on the piano-driven EP trace “the ways that speed has temporarily rescued Caitlin and the emotional and physical crashes that come after.”

Caitlyn Starr is classically trained Jazz pianist and multi-instrumentalist, and has spent the last three years performing in just about every NYC Rock club as well as touring the country as bassist for Suzy Clue and the Punk band Shred Flintstone.