The Boy Who Shot Out the Sun

This title track from The Dead Americans' debut album is John Phillip Souza meets Billy Idol on Doomsday, with its anthemic kazoo-like hook and Gen X-sounding chorus. Singer Zak Johnson unwinds this tale of impending doom with an eerie calm in the verses, as if he were singing it to his own executioner as a prisoner of war in his final moments. Apocalyptic pop at its best!