February Burn

By: Chris Greacen - 03/17/2026
Through our label, Blerito Records Doubleplus Alright released a single on all the streaming services today.

Doubleplus Alright is:

Oakland's Doubleplus Alright blasts out bite-sized morsels of high-gain pop tremor. For fans of: hooks and melody festooned with chugging guitars - Doubleplus Alright runs a little hotter than power-pop, a little cooler than *-core. Chris (songwriting, guitar, vocals) & Nik (bass) met long ago in Manatee (SLR 113, 161), Chris plays guitar in blert as well as Elegant Trash, and he runs the annual Song-A-Day songwriting project. Chris also works with the bay area promoter Lee Hoffman’s Bang The Bay as the recording engineer responsible for all live recordings. Mark (drums) has been in a zillion bay area bands.

We find that we sorta fit into alternative rock and punk genres. We say sorta because it’s an imperfect fit: too poppy for punk, too much chugging for power pop… maybe you’ve heard this one before? Presently we choose to flex the freedom that comes from genre-bending music. We’re as happy to play the diy punk backyard show (e.g. Hank’s bbq) as an alt-rock bill at a Bay Area club.

February Burn is:

One good example of how we flex our genre misfit is February Burn - a song that Chris wrote as part of his Song-A-Day project (http://songaday.netscrap.com). It’s a slow and steady crescendo that starts with acoustic guitar and voice and blooms with explosive drums, guitars, and bass. This mirrors Chris’ writing style as song ideas often arrive while strumming in his living room. Then as the ideas develop, the band digs in.

Warm up the good old band
before it gets out of hand
We’ll make a brand new start,
something you can’t tear apart.
The February chill,
let your heart do what it will.
It takes a tender hand
and someone who understands
how terrible the curse
you cannot reverse.

Oh the February Burn!
Let your heart do what it yearns.
Oh the February Burn!

Why is February Burn so damn short?

A good question. Blame Chris. He’s been writing very spare but rocking pop songs for a while. It started with blert’s Leave The Lights On and continued through much of his Song-A-Day writing.

The idea is this: write a killer melody and just enough arrangement to get the idea across, to get a foot tapping, to get that hook deep into the ears of the listener - then booom! It’s done, move on. Enjoy it for what it was.

Tony Molina was an inspiration, as was the SST catalog from our youth: concision, brevity, leanness.

The thing to keep in mind is that there’s a LOT more where this came from. Expect more short-form epic songs from Doubleplus Alright.

February Burn cover art is:

A detail of a collage called Transmission by the master of mail art and collage, Serse Luigetti. Chris befriended Serse through a facebook group focusing on asemic art. Chris feels that Serse’s art captures the mystery, beauty, and confusion of modern life.

Serse’s art is used with permission by the artist.

More about Serse Luigetti:

• https://www.redfoxpress.com/dada-luigetti.html
• https://artistmatter.crosses.net/serse-luigetti/
• https://theindianapolisreview.com/featured-artist-serse-luigetti/
• https://gammm.org/tag/serse-luigetti/