Usage Panel is the brainchild of songwriter Andrew Metzger. One part Weezer, one part Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and one part romp through the darker chapters of the DSM-5, the Los Angeles act takes the Trojan horse approach to rock and roll, with soaring pop-rock melodies providing cover for dark, off-kilter lyrics.

A temper-of-the-times EP, Donald Trump’s America, is out now.

––Byam Lewis, Summer 2020