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Aware of the eyes they’ve drawn, envious to be one of them while thirsty for more, 99 Neighbors prove they are impossible to be replicated with their latest single “Static.”

Founded by Burlington natives HANKATIVE, Sam Paulino, and Somba, they were hungry to feed an insatiable desire to be boundlessly creative and encapsulate freedom. Enlisting the help of Swank, Aiden Ostby, Juju, and Jared Fier, it’s safe to say they’ve been able to quench that, and then some. It’s not easy to master the synergy that 99 Neighbors has. Music ensembles can be a perfectly timed explosion or fail with too many masters lighting the fuse, but all seven members know exactly what they offer and how it will amplify the person next to them.

Their first single since their 2021 project Wherever You’re Going I Hope It’s Great, “Static” is rambunctious, unrestrained, and sweaty. They never rush the time between creation and delivery, which is evident in the sublimity of the final product. “Static” demands to be heard at max volume, riddled with intricate production and flat-out nasty one-liners.

What will make 99 Neighbors legendary is that they mirror back to us what we may be too afraid to unleash. We dilute ourselves the more that we live as a singular expression, when our skin itches to express every layer underneath. One glance at them and you see a mosaic of every color and human expression possible, all loud at once yet beautiful in unison.

From The Pharcyde to BROCKHAMPTON to other groups that devoured every genre they could bite into, 99 Neighbors is keeping something alive that perfectly poised and artificially curated music ensembles couldn’t. They’re messy and chaotic, yet every inch of them is exactly where it needs to be.

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