Porch Light – “Under”

Porch Light, the young Minneapolis rock band, probably have a bone to pick with Noah Kahan. Type their band name into any DSP and you're greeted with a song from Kahan's recent blockbuster The Great Divide, a problem they weren't facing six months ago. The good news is Porch Light have the juice, so they may outlast this Kahan obstacle the same way Wednesday outlasted Netflix's Wednesday in the seach bar."Under," the new single out today, presents Porch Light as that rare specimen: the ferocious beast with commercial appeal. The song begins with searing feedback and features guttural screams from lead singer Jackie Uhas, but there's also Southern rock swagger aplenty in this band's hard rock attack, and Uhas can just as easily toggle between harsh aggression to sweet melodies.Pretty good backstory on this one too:Full transparency, we just really wanted to make a face-melting song I could scream on. The guys came to my parents’ house for a writing session and began jamming. "Under" was born, with the only parts I had written at the time being the verses. It took some marinating, but a few months later at practice, I just started yelling “WAKE ME UP” over the chorus. When we went to...