On his new single "Can't Erase," our friend Ricky Rochelle isn't holding back. He's weighing in with full fury on this dark chapter of history we're living through right now. "Bad news swirls all around, " he sings in the first line of the song. "Not in my conscience to avoid it." And so he tears into this real-life dystopian nightmare and all that it encompasses: disinformation spreading like wildfire, the normalization of hate speech, a pointless culture war tearing the people apart, a free society devolving into a police state, and blood spilling as a result of all of it. This isn't just a song — it's a call to resistance! In collaboration with Billy Pfister, Ricky Rochelle has crafted perhaps his most modern-sounding track to date. This is leaps and bounds past his Ramones-inspired sound of old and heavily reminiscent of 2000s/2010s pop-punk with even a little touch of metal. The hard-crunching sheen of this track definitely amplifies the intensity of the lyrics. Ricky is singing his heart out because he means every word. This is certainly the most mosh pit–friendly track he has ever released, and it's also his most urgent anthem so far. The whole point is to crank up the volume, pump your fist in the air, and get inspired to take action. Last year with Second Layer, we heard all sorts of new sides to Ricky Rochelle. Clearly that progression is still very much on-going.
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