KennyHoopla and Albert Hammond Jr. make NEW AMERICA// sprint through the old fractures

KennyHoopla and Albert Hammond Jr.’s NEW AMERICA// lands on 19 June with timing that is very much intentional. The Juneteenth release finds KennyHoopla pulling from his recent indie-rock and dance-punk modes while Hammond brings the permanent Strokes aura of clipped guitar cool. The song is reportedly about America’s longstanding patterns and divides, especially the way the country keeps recycling the past instead of actually moving forward. That is a big idea for a track that seems built to run fast, but dance-punk has always been useful for political frustration because it turns tension into motion before the lecture can get boring. KennyHoopla has spent the last few years jumping between pop-punk, shoegaze and Bloc Party-adjacent energy, and NEW AMERICA// sounds like another restless pivot. The title has slashes in it because apparently the future now requires punctuation wounds.

Source: https://stereogum.com/2502813/albert-hammond-jr-explains-strokes-album-delay-joins-kennyhoopla-on-new-america/music