On Halloween, I ventured to my friend’s house in Brighton to listen to some staple ’80s cover sets (The Cure, The Smiths, New Order, etc.) from members of local punk bands (Yeehaw, Lovechild, Animal Flag, etc). I thought this night would be a one-off occasion to hear these guys perform out of character new wave leaning sets. Fortunately I was wrong.

Cooper Leardi (Burglary Years, Yeehaw) emerges as Shytalk with moody tunes Robert Smith would cry along to (okay he probably cries a lot so I’m not sure if this is saying much). He has a new EP coming out soon, and we have his first single, “Egypt #1,” premiering now. He heads out on tour with Dylan Ewen, whose video we premiered earlier this week. Stream “Egypt #1” below and read through their tour dates.