Photo by Stefan Scott Shock Treatment: Let’s start out by telling me who is currently in Gossip Collar and what does everyone do in the band? Victoria: vocals, guitar Tom: guitar Mark: bass Caleb: drums (our original drummer was Megan) Shock Treatment: How does the songwriting process work for your band? How is a Gossip Collar song usually born? Does it start with a lyric, a hook, a mood? Victoria: There are different approaches, and that keeps it interesting. we all contribute. usually the music comes first and then I figure out how to sing over it but it has happened the other way around where I have some lyrics in my head and then we put the chords beneath. I kinda believe the songs exist in a parallel universe and it’s our job to tap into them. Some core principles- keep it simple, keep it dark, make sure it’s music we want to dance to. For lyrics I take a lot of inspiration from the past - like old texts and myths like roman poets and shit like that. spinning silk for parasites b...

Adult Learners are an exciting new band from Boston. Judging from the movies that I've seen that take place in Boston like Good Will Hunting and The Town (which, to be fares, is really all I have to judge that city on) Boston residents don't seem to be very kind, they're a little rough around the edges if you know what I mean. But the folks in Adult Learners seem like a jolly, good hearted bunch. I wonder how a band like this fairs in a town like that? Hopefully once the people of Beantown hear this 7", it will change their chilly demeanor and warm the hearts of many of its residents. This S/T 7" also happens to be the band's debut, which is always exciting. It contains five songs that are so catchy and memorable, they're like little colorful, rubber bouncy balls ricocheting around the inside walls of your skull. These tunes all clock in at under two minutes, which is perfect! Songs of this nature rarely do well in an epic Jethro Tull type of length.  - A...