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New York native Des Rocs has crawled out of the rat cage once again and brings with him a new single and the announcement of an upcoming full length album debuting September 24, 2021. Not only has the album been announced, but a headlining tour is on the horizon as well, bringing chaos and rock to a plethora of US states.
“MMC,” released July 30, 2021 is the first single released from the upcoming album A Real Good Person In A Real Bad Place and a perfect blend of today's rock and classic blues elements coming together to create a blend of modern and timeless that Des Rocs is known for.
The song opens with a driving, guitar heavy intro, laden with a grungy tone fit for a modern rock song, while the chorus loops us back with classic rock and blues tendencies, this kind of louder than life sound Des has expertly been crafting over the course of his career. It's stunning to behold the way these differing sounds have been brought together then laced with lyrics that tell a story of what it means to be “celebrity” and what comes with the status.
The verses are really a poetic exhibition. Showcasing Des’ ability to paint a viscous picture while telling something even more sinister right below the surface. The first few lines of the song, “You know exactly what to do with a pretty face / before it ends up on a milk jug” is a great example of the slap in the face this song is to the “mainstream.” Your pretty face in the industry is disposable, and you’d better make use of it before you’re irrelevant. Much like fast fashion, celebrity status can be stripped away as quickly as leave from a tree in fall. A rush of color and excitement that people gather in droves to witness and even worship, then just as quickly swept away by a brisk breeze and those that had gathers to bask in those glorious colors dissipate and migrate to the next spectacle and “All that’s left is just a hollow memory.”
The song encompasses breaking the mold of what it means to be a celebrity and what you can and can’t do with said status, and how the industry manufactures celebrities and their respective status. They’re ultimately viewed as this disposable, consumable product. We forget that these are real people because of the elevation given to them by those who represent them. Their status is facetious, in reality they’re ‘just like us,’ aside from the fact that they’re presented as ‘not like us’ at all. For whatever reason we’ve been conditioned to believe we should aspire to live life the way they do, consume what they do, look like they do, and so on for eternity. It’s a giant mess, constructed to keep people in a constant state of longing and for the most part it works. This song to me is a slap in the face to that ideology. A line in the outro, “They’ll never let a rat in the mickey mouse club, and I don’t care” exemplifies that thought flawlessly, screaming to the man that there are some of us that have no desire to be labeled, or to conform and comply with the life they’re pushing so hard on us. It seems like we’re left with two options; either succumbing to the pressure fame puts on a person, becoming someone you’re not in order to fit that mold created for you, or defying the idea that we were ever meant to fit in a box built by someone else.
“MMC” rocks, in the typical non-typical Des Rocs fashion his fans love. With this as the introduction to a new album, I can’t wait to see what the next release brings. And the anticipation of a tour quickly coming up on the horizon is rapidly building, singing this song from the floor is going to be all the rage.
Des' next single, "Imaginary Friends" will be out this Friday, August 20th. You can pre-save "Imaginary Friends" here.
A Real Good Person In A Real Bad Place tracklist:
1) Tick
2) Why Why Why
3) break break break [the interlude before "Imaginary
Friends"]
4) Imaginary Friends
5) MMC
6) Ruby with the Sharpest Lies
7) Don't Hurt Me
8) Hanging by a Thread
9) Born to Lose
10) The Devil Inside
11) Rabbit Hole
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