chastity

Chastity is a standout temperament in punk, in recent history sharing the stage with Sunny Day Real Estate, Alexisonfire and Fucked Up.

As the songwriter behind Chastity, Whitby, Ontario musician Brandon Williams has made three unrelentingly perceptive albums culminating in the cathartic Suffer Summer, which was released January 13, 2022 via Deathwish and Dine Alone Records. The LP caps off an album trilogy that showcases both Williams’ emotional range as a lyricist but also his boundless love of outsider music. His 2018 debut Death Lust pulled from Unwound and The Smashing Pumpkins as he grappled with mortality while 2019’s Home Made Satan dealt in world-weary anxiety and Hum-like atmospherics. But Suffer Summer is a meditation on happiness, channeled through powerhouse riffs and undeniably potent choruses, sung with Mineral and Jimmy Eat World worn on his sleeve. It’s an album that shows how healing and staying content is hard but necessary work.