Northampton, Massachusetts based Hard Rock/Progressive Rock band eXsecretaries have unveiled the video footage for “Desperation” & “Head Down,” recorded live at The Nook and taken from their self-titled debut album, released on March 4, 2026.
Watch the live video for “Desperation” via the YouTube player below:
Watch the live video for “Head Down” via the YouTube player below:
The band — Jon Crosby, Tom Deal, Jason Maraj, Nick Cosimini, and John St.Onge — describe their sound as “dark storytelling in grunge/prog/alt flavor, crafted from real life-lived,” and that description lands. This is music that sits somewhere between the emotional weight of ’90s Alternative Rock, the structural ambition of Progressive Rock, and the raw grain of Grunge — not retro, not derivative, but genuinely lived-in.
Watching the band deliver those songs in a small venue context makes one thing immediately clear — eXsecretaries is a live band first, and the record captures that energy rather than smothering it. The self-titled debut runs seven tracks — “Trails,” “Perfect Silence,” “The Body,” “Unloved,” “Desperation,” “Head Down,” “On The Floor” — each sitting in the four-to-five-minute range, giving the record a tight, purposeful feel. No filler, no extended noodling. Just songs that clearly know what they are.
This is the kind of debut that deserves more ears. Keep an eye on eXsecretaries.
Purchase “eXsecretaries” on Bandcamp: https://exsecretaries.bandcamp.com/album/exsecretaries
Tracklist:
01. Trails 04:50
02. Perfect Silence 05:09
03. The Body 04:45
04. Unloved 04:36
05. Desperation 04:57
06. Head Down 05:24
07. On The Floor 04:05