123death

There’s something that happens when longtime collaborators stop pretending to be anything other than what they are. In the case of 123DEATH, that means a stubborn refusal to choose between sincerity and chaos.

Born from late night jams and early morning brain dumps, the power trio — Spencer Burner, Jeff Electric and Malcolm Sosa — have been playing music together for years, though 123DEATH is less a band and more like a group chat that gained sentience.

Their single "The Ruins" (2025) slinks in with deadpan humor and leaves behind a scorched earth chorus. It's the sound of a band playing like it's their last show on earth. And their follow up, "Parachute Pants" (dropping Sept 19), gallops forward with punk urgency and the surreal swagger of a drunk preacher at Desert Daze.

Equal parts punk sermon and dive bar ritual, 123DEATH’s live set feels like channel surfing through the subconscious. Think: The Cramps if they majored in critical theory.