- MA’s THE STEREO STATE are back with a brand new six song release on Creator-Destructor Records. It comes barely a year after their excellent full-length “Have All My Friends Gone Deaf?” and I’m more than happy to accommodate a band ignoring the new-every-two-year cycle. What’s more noteworthy is that in just a year, the band has already grown its post-hardcore tinged pop-punk sound by leaps and bounds. With a singer than can actual belt out a tune and songwriting that dips into the best influences from GAMEFACE and FACE TO FACE (whole lotta ‘face’ going on), the combination of musical forces is mighty, mighty strong.