Dead Trend is a fictional band. They were dreamed up in a novel, they were comprised of four fictional people, and they existed in a fictional Midwestern city in an imagined version of the 1980s. And yet, Dead Trend just…

“Not My Future” on Avant-Avant. 

“No Sympathy,” featuring blorp jazz horns. 

Dead Trend is releasing a single a week until the release of “False Positive” on May 7th. Here’s “Empty Threat.”

…..wherein Dead Trend’s new record “False Positive” is compared to Black Flag’s Damaged (!).

Thanks to Jon Solomon for being the first DJ to play our new stuff on-air.

In which our singer is compared to Matt Korvette of Pissed Jeans. Holla!

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Dead Trend | “19th Hole”

Straight out of Portland, Maine, punkers Dead Trend are dropping their debut album, False Positive, on May 7th. Author Mike Fournier fronts this band (he’s most noted for his book “Double Nickels on the Dime” about the Minutement album of the same name), and he wails into the mic like he’s got a definite point to prove. Many of the songs are straight-up traditional punk rock, with a few little fun samples thrown in - the track I’ve linked to opens with what I can only guess is one of those old records from the ’50s that aimed to teach Americans foreign languages.

If this peaks your interest, check out more from Dead Trend over at their BandCamp profile.

You’re already Dead (Trend).

“19th Hole,” the second prerelease track from Dead Trend’s forthcoming LP “False Positive”