After taking a quick detour to release a holiday album in 2017, last month Dude York dropped a new EP called Happy in the Meantime, their first dose of new material in quite a while. The Seattle outfit has always been good at addressing tough subjects like money and mental illness under the guise of an excellent pop song, and this EP of riff-heavy anthems is no exception. Dude York is somewhat notorious for their live shows, which often include lead singer/guitarist Peter Richards running through the crowd, yelling, and shoving the microphone into people’s faces, eagerly asking them to do the same.

by Anna Kaplan