photos by Colby Tedisco
Salem, Massachusetts’ raging noise/psych rock crew THE FREQS present the gnarled new single “Tag Maggot.”
In August, THE FREQS dropped their first new music since the 2023-released Poachers EP with the new single, “Jellyfish Cadaver,” featuring Nicholas Pentabona of Bedtimemagic on guest vocals. The band now delivers their second new single of the year with “Tag Maggot.” The track was produced, recorded, and mixed by Alex Allinson at The Bridge Sound & Stage in Cambridge (Lesotho, Miracle Blood, Bedtimemagic), mastered by Keith Gentile at Labyrinth Audio in Peabody (Fórn, Hellhorse, American Midnight), and completed with artwork by Ellis Roundy of The P.A.’s.
THE FREQS’ guitarist/vocalist Seth Crowell states, “‘Tag Maggot’ is generally about how it feels to work a shit job that barely pays for rent. How uneven the exchange of your time for a meager living can be. The title and artwork are meant to represent life’s impermanence.”
Stream THE FREQS’ “Tag Maggot” at Bandcamp RIGHT HERE, and watch for the song to hit all digital streaming services at midnight, linked HERE.
THE FREQS will deliver their long-awaited debut LP in the first half of 2026, with further details to drop early in the year.
In the meantime, the band continues to shiv eardrums across the Northeast, joining their allies in Miracle Blood on stage in Worcester tomorrow as the new single drops.
THE FREQS Live:
11/01/2025 Halloween Hangover @ Electric Haze – Worcester, MA w/ Miracle Blood, Nicholas Burgess, Sapling
1/31/2026 Auspicious Brew – Dover, NH w Knock Over City, Cold Signal Fires
Formed in 2019, THE FREQS trio sees guitarist/vocalist Seth Crowell, bassist/vocalist Ian Mandly, and drummer Zack Fierman crafting a distinctive sound at the intersection of genres, taking influence from bands like Melvins, Queens Of The Stone Age, and The Jesus Lizard to deliver loud, riff-heavy, fuzzed-out, noise/psych/stoner-infused rock. Nominated for Best Rock Artist Of The Year at the Boston Music Awards in 2021, the power trio continues to lash eardrums with their bombastic live set across New England and beyond.
In 2023, THE FREQS released the gnarly fourth EP, Poachers, to critical acclaim from around the globe. Everything Is Noise called their output, “…animalistic energy with monolithic riffs, holler-along-to hooks with sludgy-sensibility, and noise rock attitude with overtones of classic rock.” The Sleeping Shaman wrote, “…they seamlessly straddle the blurred lines of infectious heavy rock, fuzz, and post-punk.” Distorted Sound Magazine’s review boasted, “…the interesting blend of punk and stoner is quite exciting; gang vocals and thunderous, fuzzy stoner riffs are certainly a winning combination… everything you could possibly need from a stoner album with a wonderfully gritty and raw punk edge that makes you want to thrash around with reckless abandon.” Metal Epidemic raved, “You’ve got these harshly fuzz-lead guitar lines that produce nasty doom-entrenched riffs in attacking form, the Sabbath style riffs that border on that modern psych sound more on the level of King Gizzard or Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, and roaring tempos that split between a stoner doom trudge to ferocious hardcore swiftness.”
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