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My Reaction to Gerard Way's New Song "Getting Down The Germs"

We have been blessed recently with two new songs from Gerard Way. Last month, we got "Baby You're a Haunted House" and this month we have "Getting Down the Germs" and I am beyond ecstatic. You can listen to it below.
Gerard is one of my singers. Following the breakup of My Chemical Romance, I did keep up with him. I absolutely love "Hesitant Alien" and I remember when it came out, how happy I was for new music from Gerard.

Last month "Baby You're a Haunted House" was a treat because no one was ready for it and it is such a bop. And now with "Getting Down the Germs" I am so happy. I found out about it in the car on the way home, but I have finally been able to sit down and listen to it a few times and I love it.

The song has such a chill vibe. There's a whole flute solo that I absolutely love. The sound reminds me of a band, but for some reason, I can't put my finger on which one. Gerard's voice is so nice and soothing. This is a song I can listen to before bed just to unwind.

I absolutely love the song and I cannot wait to see what else Gerard has up his sleeves. He made a post about the song on Instagram that reads:
Hey all, I released a new song today called Getting Down the Germs. It's about a few different things. Grey lights, squirmy worming wiggly worms. Germs. I has flute. I love the flute. I have aways wanted a ong with flute in it. And so this exists. / With these songs I'm releasing, I'm trying to see how many months I can go with putting one out, but there might be skip monhs if we miss deadlines, I dunno, I just want to keep going. The idea behind all of hese songs is to not overthing it. Just go with the first instinct, lead with the art. Keeping a steady flow of creativity going, so you'll here more experiments. This one is a bit different than anything I've done so I was really looking forward to getting it out. I really want to share. / I wrote this song on guitar. I played Fender Telecaster Deluxe. It was springy. It was a good friend. It had a ghost sticker on it now. I laide down the vocals and gitar with Doug McKean at out studio, Milk Friends. Then my good buddy Ray Toro came over to hang out and jam and laid down some sweet bass and drums. Then, our new friend Sara Andon came in and absolutely shredded it on the flute. And last but not least, my lovely and talented wife, Lindsey Way, made some amazing art for it. / I hope you dig it. Crank up that flute!
Seems like we're going to be getting a lot more music from Gerard and I am so excited. In a way, these songs are turning into MCR reunions. Gerard's brother, Mikey Way - who played bass for MCR -  played bass on "Baby You're a Haunted House" and Ray Toro - MCR's lead guitarist - played bass and drums on this song. Maybe if we're lucky, Gerard will do a song with Frank Iero - who played rhythm guitar for MCR - in the future. We'll have to wait and see.

What are your thoughts on the new song? Let me know down in the comments. I think I'm going to be writing about more of his future songs.

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