The Get Alongs Returns with A new single Wrapped in a Lollipop.
Photo Credit: Michael Selby
Edited by Anselm Anderson
Toronto’s The Get Alongs return with their first single “Come On,” from their upcoming album, Second To None, which is due out on June 19, 2026 via Having Fun / We Are Busy Bodies. It’s dose of jangly, guitar rock leans towards The Brian Jonestown Massacre and early Oasis.
The track is being released using bone conduction technology, which transmits vibrations through the skull. You can enjoy the experience by sucking on a limited-edition lollipop. Come On,” can only be heard while sucking on it The song plays directly inside a user's head using vibration technology. It works by transmitting audio vibrations through the teeth and jawbone to the inner ear, bypassing the eardrum entirely. That means that the song travels straight through your jaw and into your skull, bypassing the usual distance between listener and sound. All quite interesting like a Science class!
Formed in 2017, the four-piece consists of Harrison Pickernell (vocals, rhythm guitar), Rory Pickernell (lead guitar), Eric Wood (bass), and Tristan Catenacci (drums), who have spent the better part of a decade refining a sound that pulls from 60s garage, 70s power pop, and 90s psyche. With Second To None, that same DNA is still there, just sharpened. The edges are cleaner, but the intent hits harder, the hooks land heavier, and the band knows exactly when to let things breathe and when to push it just past the point of comfort.
Second To None was tracked at Holy Mountain Sound in Montreal with producer Clayton Dupuis, across a series of focused sessions that saw the band stepping away from their usual environment and fully committing to the process. Living and working out of the studio, they traded distraction for detail, dialing in tones, tightening performances, and pushing arrangements further than before. Additional contributions from Dupuis, Shallow’s AJ Krome, and Josh Campos help round out the record’s expanded palette without losing its core identity.
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That balance, between instinct and intention, is what defines The Get Alongs right now. The raw, anything-goes energy that shaped their early work hasn’t disappeared, it’s just been tightened up and aimed straight ahead. What you get on “Come On” is a band that still knows how to kick up dust, but now does it with intent. You can picture exactly where it lives, a half-finished Labatt 50 sweating on the stage at the Horseshoe, amps humming, cables tangled, the room filling in slow while someone fiddles with a busted pedal. Flyers peeling off the walls, boots sticking to the floor, that low-end thump settling into your chest before the first chord even hits. Second To None leans into that space, a band locking in without sanding off the edges, pushing forward without losing the reason they started in the first place.
Formed in 2017,the Toronto-based quartet were founded by brothers Harrison and Rory. They were soon joined by best friends Tristan and Eric over their love of jangly pop rock.
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