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outro-band.bsky.social
post-punk psych-rock out of Western MA. Broken Promise EP just out on Repeating Cloud records. Now Booking for European Festival Circuit, Summer 2026. https://outro-band.bandcamp.com/album/broken-promise
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Are we playing out in March? No. April? Not that we know of! May? YES! and a short New England tour in June?? Absolutely. Stay tuned

The third Velvet Underground taught me how to hide subversion in quieter structures and how it's no shame to be set free to find another illusion. humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/2018/10/20/r...

I can confirm, these circles will make the songs happen when correctly applied

Live action shots of the Villages/New Home 7" from @repeatingcloud.com are available if you follow us on Ye Olde Insta. You can recreate this short film if you purchase the Broken Promise EP on bandcamp - a 7" is included with every purchase... while supplies last.

Resisting the gloom today with Teenage Tom Petties, who play March 7 in Holyoke. "Lambo" is rough-hewn and hooky and already stuck in my head: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl74...

I am... uh... extremely excited for this next week

The title word of "Fool," the opening track on our new EP, is sung in four-part harmony, by the four members of the band. @rosyoverdrive.com called it 'impossibly cool-sounding' and 'one of the best things I've heard so far this year, easily.' No arguments here. outro-band.bandcamp.com/track/fool

Outro will play "Gaze Not on Swans" any time for you, Sam.

We had better play out or get reviewed again soon before this turns into a 100% Pepys engagement farming account.

All taken by a young @samuelpepys.bsky.social, presumably.

This truck is trolling Superchunk

Ok fine we'd do a short Australia/New Zealand tour next summer.

Today's blog post features outsider folk from rural western Canada, lo-fi pop from a Midwestern basement, catchy metallic noise punk from Portland, and a collaborative EP between two shoegaze-pop acts:

Doing what with your dining room?

We feel surrounded by good things on this One Chord to Another playlist of new releases: www.onechord.net/2025/02/16/o...

I'm sorry you'll have to speak up, we have new stickers

From the Hands of @repeatingcloud.com straight to your home: the Villages/New Home single. Really excited for these.

It's 9:26AM on the east coast. Have you listened to an Outro song yet today?

We are big fans of yesterday's post -

New blog post! Wrote about new records from Minorcan @minorcanmusic.bsky.social, Outro @outro-band.bsky.social @repeatingcloud.com, Above Me @dandyboyrecords.bsky.social, and Nobody’s Dad:

Lucky for Pepys, you don't become a true gleek freak until you win 10 shillings clear.

Giant thanks to @rosyoverdrive.com for this amazing review of the @outro-band.bsky.social EP. Seriously, click on through folks rosyoverdrive.com/2025/02/17/p...

No one on the internet is better than @rosyoverdrive.com at finding and sharing gems from local music scenes around this continent. We love that they're into our latest. Read and support if you care about non-corporate music journalism, and want to feel hope about the state of indie music making.

This is the best possible way to find out you are getting some airplay on 93.9 The River.

A relatable thing about Pepys is his usual pain.

Artist Carol John at Athens’ Lyndon House Arts Center

It's been two days since the Broken Promise EP was released, and while it hasn't yet solved all the world's problems, you have to assume that it will, eventually. We are super happy with it. Why not have a listen instead of destroying public health agencies. outro-band.bandcamp.com/album/broken...

London, DC, Amherst, Philadelphia

It's his own fault, really. Everyone knows the two Sir Williams of Trinity House won't shut up about the sass of Sir Nicholas Crisp.

Posters. Stickers. Flyers. “Handbills” although lol nobody says handbills except in academic text. Marking the public space as the home of the public and not the property of the guys who bought up the buildings

Heading to @repeatingcloud.com and @perennialtheband.bsky.social territory next month for a few shows with @teenagetompetties.bsky.social. Very excited.

I know it means little to most of you, but our Massachusetts Outro band is matched by an antipodean Outro band in Indonesia, pictured here. They clearly rule. I am hoping every band in New England has an opposite-side-of-the-world band, and we should all gig together.

Hey we are honored to get the Freak Scene treatment. The man can write. Go read Eric D (and subscribe!).

The Outro EP is out today and 7"s are arriving any minute now! outro-band.bandcamp.com/album/broken...

Well, everyone (i.e., our first 13 followers including at least one band member and his wife), tomorrow is the day the Broken Promises EP comes out. We're excited to share it with you. See you tomorrow, lovers of music/Pepys commentary.

"Post-punk sense of dank" - something Pepys would have said about us if he had the chance.

Pepys really annoyed at this painter's lack of skill in shadows.

At night begun to compose songs, and begin with “Gaze not on Swans.” So to bed.

VOLUME UP for “Food For Hornets”, Live in Brooklyn

Trying out a few new band slogans today. Get Yourself In On The Outro Outro: The End of Music Outro: Not Ootro (unless you book us on the Canadian Festival Circuit Summer 2026, in which case, fine.)

That's me in the (bottom right) corner. That's me playing songs, tight. Losing my... incision? not sure where we're going with this one, but glad our single was on janglepophub's list of singles a couple of weeks ago.

The Freak Scene newsletter will have the (an?) answer this Friday!