Pyre Fyre Premiere New Single “Trash Man”
The song’s two minutes long, and at least 20 seconds of that is feedback. If you’ve never been to the off-the-Turnpike burg that is Bayonne, New Jersey, Pyre Fyre‘s sound sums it up efficiently. It is functional suburbia for the working and what used to be middle class, and most of the roads need to be repaved. It is marked out by the futurist design of the Bayonne Bridge that connects it to — wait for it — Staten Island, and in its grit, wafted-over air pollution and near-the-river spirit, it’s a town for drinking and for punk rock, and Pyre Fyre seem to have plenty of both at their disposal.
A trio with roots as a duo, they offer the sludge that is punk with fuller distortion, and while a prior single like “Rinky Dink City” — their homage to their hometown — or the 
late-2020 demo “Wyld Ryde” has a more lumbering edge despite the underlying current of motion in the drums and bass, “Trash Man” is more classic punk, with lyrics boasting against not being a garbage man, a janitor or sanitation engineer and a careening central riff brought forth at higher speed. The idea here could hardly be more straightforward. Dirty punk rock working on a likewise dirty theme. Pretense need not apply.
I don’t know what the dudes from Pyre Fyre do for a living. They could be bankers for all I know, or dentists. But they sell “Trash Man” well, and though one is reminded of The Cramps‘ “Garbage Man” — covered dutifully by Fatso Jetson in 2010 — the New Jerseyans bring a particular charm to this original that those of my beloved Garden State will no doubt recognize. As for the rest, meh, it’s two minutes.
There are more singles on Bandcamp and Soundcloud, but nothing so substantive as a 7″ or an EP as yet. Take it as it comes.
And enjoy:
Pyre Fyre on “Trash Man”:
“We are a heavy psych band out of Jersey City. The track “Trash Man” is an ode to B-movies and protometal bands like Blue Cheer. It was produced by Dustin Bartee from Ethereal Sea.”
The New Jersey-based power trio formed initially over a love of lo-fi aesthetics, early 1980s hardcore, classic psychedelia, B movies, Heavy Metal, and outsider art. Filtering in their penchant for worshipping at the altar of the almighty Riff, the group has dedicated themselves to creating intense, exploratory music from one song to the next.
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Thank you!! From Bayonne with love