Quite frequently, we are told that rock and roll is dead. Well, people who believe that are obviously unaware of the Boston-based alternative rock band TELL and their phenomenal new single, “Hate Yourself in the Morning.”

You can listen to “Hate Yourself in the Morning” on Spotify Here, Apple Music Here and on Bandcamp Here

The easiest way to describe the rock goodness that is “Hate Yourself in the Morning” is to say that it just hits perfectly. (We apologize if you were looking for a better explanation, but when you hear it, you’ll immediately know what we mean.)

The epic vocal performance on “Hate Yourself in the Morning”, carefully woven into this sonic and melodic masterpiece, is absolutely stunning. Like the feeling you get after a pint of your favorite beverage, you won’t be disappointed.

Lyrically I was just having fun with imagery, although I tend towards the dark side!” says TELL frontman David Wildman. “It tells the story of a relationship where one member chooses the nasty with someone who has a bad reputation, and the other realizes this and warns them that what they are getting themselves into will end things. And then it does.”

“Hate Yourself in the Morning” is the follow-up to the band’s brazen, politically-charged fall release “Things To Do When It’s Dark,” a brooding anti-I.C.E. anthem that received the Rick Berlin-directed video treatment earlier this year, where the band was tracked, followed, and apprehended by I.C.E. agents through Lowell neighborhoods. And it’s part of a wave of new material that will deliver a new single in September, and an album, the follow-up to 2024’s Life in Reverse, by year’s end. 

TELL, with Wildman (guitar, lead vocals, keyboards) rounded out by Jim Foster (lead guitar, backing vocals); Jason Raffi (bass); and Pat Crann (drums), are excited to play this new one live across a series of upcoming summer shows, including the single release party on June 26 at Warp & Weft in Lowell, and then July 2 at O’Brien’s Pub in Allston, and August 8 at The Midway Cafe in Jamaica Plain.   

Recorded by Benny Grotto at Mad Oak Studio in Allston, Massachusetts and produced by Wildman, “Hate Yourself in the Morning” does not carry the social activist extremism of “Things To Do When It’s Dark,” which was released at the height of I.C.E. surges across American communities. 

You owe it to yourself to check out “Hate Yourself in the Morning “ , from TELL . ( you will thank us later)