In Strange Neighbors’ brand new single, ‘Without a Head,’ the band contemplates life without a worried mind – and also life without other vital organs like lungs and ears, because what’s life without some wonder.

The NYC power pop-rock band has a knack for crafting buoyant, intoxicating hooks that are fewer and far between these days, and ‘Without a Head’ is no exception. With unrelenting energy led by vocal powerhouse Aidan Strange, the band has cracked the code on how to craft earworm after earworm. Frankly, their songs would fit seamlessly into late 90s/early 2000s coming-of-age teen comedies, but naturally with a more modern songwriting sensibility.

‘Without a Head’ starts off with a curious and contemplative riff, gently leading the listener in as Strange’s mesmerizing voice soon emerges: “Sometimes I think it would be nice to live without my head / I think of all the things that maybe I could do instead / I wouldn’t have to think, or feel, or wonder, or cry / But without a head you know I think that I might die.”

After the second verse, which then shifts to the lungs, guitarist and co-songwriter Zach Schweikert displays the band’s versatility with a classic rock-leaning guitar solo with a crystal clear tone that lifts the song to new heights, and returns in the latter half of the track.

“You wouldn’t be able to tell by the finished recording, but this song started off as a country tune in the vein of John Prine,” states Schweikert. “It began as like a second-rate ‘Dear Abby,’ where you pick a sort of theme and just run with it – the theme here being cause and effect. It sort of stayed that way for a while until I wrote the music independently, and went back and grafted these lyrics onto it. Musically I think this is one of the more ambitious songs we’ve written. I’ve had the little outro solo in my back pocket for years, and was glad to finally find a place for it in this tune.”