Dead Best

US first press 2024.
DEAD BEST is the creative endeavor of life-long friends Adam Goren and Brian Sokel. Both are veterans of the Philadelphia music scene of the 90’s and 00’s. Goren cut his teeth in the punk band Fracture before earning fame as the human half of electronic/punk creative force Atom & His Package. Sokel was a founding member of the punk and dub blending band Franklin before forming AM/FM in the 2000’s. Formed during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, DEAD BEST was initially a home-recording project designed to pass time and release anxiety and frustration during lockdown. Now, in 2024, DEAD BEST returns with their next album, aptly titled “Second”, featuring 10-songs that merge searing post-punk abrasiveness with industrial precision and earnest lyrics. “Second” is a lightning fast, slightly unhinged affair that cements the band as a pummeling force to be reckoned with.