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Cable Boy turn modern anxiety into a dancefloor moment with ‘Something In My Head’
Dublin five-piece Cable Boy are back and sounding bigger, bolder and just a little darker with their new single ‘Something In My Head’, the first taste of their upcoming debut album Forever. If this track is anything to go by, the band are not just arriving, they are arriving with intent.
From the first surge of fuzzy guitars and driving drums, ‘Something In My Head’ pulls you in. It is moody but infectious, cool on the surface yet simmering underneath. Semilore Olusa’s detached vocal delivery glides over hypnotic rhythms, giving the song a laid-back confidence even as the instrumentation swells and crashes around it. Think late-night city lights, headphones on, main character energy. It is the sound of a band fully locked in.
Produced by Adam Shanahan, David Tapley and the band themselves, the track leans into a heavier, shoegaze-kissed direction that Cable Boy have playfully dubbed “goth disco”. It is dreamy but gritty, melodic but punchy, and built to soundtrack both overthinking spirals and sweaty live shows. There is a real push and pull at its core, calm versus chaos, composure versus collapse, and that tension is what makes it so addictive.
Lyrically, the band tap into something incredibly relatable. ‘Something In My Head’ reflects the strange experience of endlessly scrolling through world-changing headlines and heartbreaking news while feeling completely powerless. The chorus line “I can be cool just where I am” lands with a wink, acknowledging that awkward space between caring deeply and not knowing what to do next. It is sharp, self-aware and quietly biting, wrapped up in a groove you cannot help but move to.
Since forming as school friends and evolving into a tight-knit five-piece, Cable Boy have steadily carved out their own lane in Ireland’s thriving alternative scene. With standout festival appearances at Electric Picnic, Forbidden Fruit and Other Voices, they have built a reputation for immersive, high-energy performances that leave crowds wanting more.
‘Something In My Head’ feels like a glow-up moment. It shows a band embracing a heavier edge without losing the dreamy shimmer that first caught attention. It is introspective without being self-indulgent, intense without losing its cool, and catchy enough to stay in your head long after the last note fades. If this is the opening chapter of Forever, Cable Boy’s debut album is shaping up to be something seriously special.
There’s a particular kind of hunger that defines a band on the verge — that combustible mix of raw talent, hard-won momentum, and the unmistakable sense that everything they’ve been building is about to break wide open. The Chads, the pop-punk-ska fireballers out of Sayville, New York, have that hunger in abundance. And in 2026, they are ready to feed it.
The foundation is already in place. The four-piece — Joy, Mike, Mark, and Santino — spent the past year stacking wins that most bands spend a decade chasing. They took home the WEHM Battle of the Bands, earned a coveted spot on the Jumbalaya Stage at the Great South Bay Music Festival, and walked into a WPIX Morning Show segment that put their faces and their music in front of a New York City-wide audience. For a band still in the early stages of their career, it is a résumé that commands attention.
Their debut single “The Neighbors” — a razor-sharp, high-energy pop-punk-ska hybrid pulled straight from a true story of Long Island life — announced their arrival with a wink and a riff. Tongue-in-cheek in tone but tight as a drum in execution, the song showcases exactly what makes The Chads stand out in a crowded regional scene: they can make you laugh and make you move at the same time, which is a far rarer skill than it sounds. The track is available on Spotify and has been making steady inroads on radio, building the kind of organic buzz that no marketing budget can manufacture.
Now comes the next chapter. The Chads are heading into Dream Studios with producer Jason Mekler to record their new EP — a project that represents the most significant creative investment of their career to date. Mekler’s production experience combined with the band’s live-honed instincts makes for a pairing with serious promise. If “The Neighbors” was the introduction, the EP is the statement — the recorded proof that what audiences have been experiencing in clubs and on festival stages across Long Island translates just as powerfully through speakers.
The tri-state area has been the proving ground. The world is next.
Pop-punk has always thrived on authenticity — on bands that sound like they mean it, that write songs about real places and real people and real absurdities of everyday life.
The Chads check every one of those boxes. They are a Long Island band in the truest sense: specific enough to feel genuine, relatable enough to travel far beyond the island that made them.
Watch for the EP. Watch for the tour dates. Watch for the name.
The Chads are coming — and they are bringing Sayville with them.
Watch The Chads “MFH” music video on youtube here:
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