As the song goes: It’s a long way to the top if you wanna rock & roll.
In the case of The Unlikely Candidates--one of the most energetic alt-rock bands to ever take a stage--their long journey includes years of crisscrossing the U.S. on tour; record label fiascos; bones broken on stage; and tour bus disasters. So the success of 2019’s impossibly catchy single “Novocaine” (#1 on the alternative charts; 17 million YouTube views; close to 15 million Spotify streams) is more than well deserved. And the singles “Oh My Dear Lord” (2018) and 2017’s “Your Love Could Start a War” are modern rock master-strokes, not far behind “Novocaine” on the success scale.
