# Boneyard AKA Fearmonger
**Boneyard AKA Fearmonger** (stylized **boneyard aka fearmonger**) is a seven-track extended play by the American artist underscores, released on December 3, 2021, with a running time of about 18 to 19 minutes.[1](https://music.apple.com/us/album/boneyard-aka-fearmonger/1591626228) • [2](https://musicbrainz.org/release/69256bf9-46d8-4728-96bb-05eaaea04e0a/cover-art) It followed the debut album *fishmonger* earlier in 2021 and is generally treated as that album's companion or addendum release.[3](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/underscores-mn0004029455)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Artist | underscores, the project of April Harper Grey, a Filipino-American artist from San Francisco[4](https://concord.com/publishing-roster/underscores/) |
| Release | December 3, 2021; 7 songs, about 18 minutes; ℗ 2021 underscores[1](https://music.apple.com/us/album/boneyard-aka-fearmonger/1591626228) |
| Format | Official EP, digital media, length 18:51 per MusicBrainz[2](https://musicbrainz.org/release/69256bf9-46d8-4728-96bb-05eaaea04e0a/cover-art) |
| Guest credits | Track 4 ("Gunk") has additional production by brakence; track 6 ("Tongue in cheek") has drums by Travis Barker[5](https://underscores.plus/fear) |
| Featured artist | gabby start on "Loansharks"[6](https://music.amazon.com/albums/B09K4J815G) |
| Advance singles | "Gunk" released November 5, 2021; "Everybody's dead!" released November 17, 2021[7](https://underscores.bandcamp.com/track/gunk-or-the-notorious-salt-water-party-trick) • [8](https://underscores.bandcamp.com/track/everybodys-dead) |
| Themes | Anxiety, existence, and generational apathy, per an NME interview with the artist[9](https://www.nme.com/features/music-interviews/underscores-wallsocket-artist-interview-radar-3491619) |
## Background and release
underscores released the debut album *fishmonger* in 2021, written and recorded in her childhood bedroom during the COVID-19 pandemic.[4](https://concord.com/publishing-roster/underscores/) *Boneyard AKA Fearmonger* followed a few months later; NME describes it as a more introspective EP in which the artist wrestled with anxiety, existence, and generational apathy.[9](https://www.nme.com/features/music-interviews/underscores-wallsocket-artist-interview-radar-3491619) Two tracks preceded the EP as singles: "Gunk" on November 5, 2021[7](https://underscores.bandcamp.com/track/gunk-or-the-notorious-salt-water-party-trick) and "Everybody's dead!" on November 17, 2021.[8](https://underscores.bandcamp.com/track/everybodys-dead) The full EP arrived on December 3, 2021 on Bandcamp, SoundCloud, and streaming services.[10](https://underscores.bandcamp.com/album/boneyard-aka-fearmonger) • [11](https://soundcloud.com/underscores/albums)
The tracklist uses long, jokey subtitles on the Bandcamp edition; for example, track 2 appears as "Girls and boys—but secretly, you'd love to know what it's like, wouldn't you?" and track 5 as "Loansharks aka Spoiled little brat II: Dying in the Northern Hemisphere Somewhere (feat. gabby start)".[10](https://underscores.bandcamp.com/album/boneyard-aka-fearmonger) Streaming editions use the short titles.[6](https://music.amazon.com/albums/B09K4J815G) "Loansharks" credits gabby start as a featured vocalist and co-writer.[12](https://readdork.com/track/underscores-loansharks)
## Music and themes
The EP continues the turn toward hyperpop (extreme, maximalist internet pop genre with distorted electronics) and pop-punk that marked *fishmonger*, adding glitchy electronic beats to crunchy guitars and pitch-shifted vocals.[3](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/underscores-mn0004029455) A Medium year-end list of 2021 EPs placed it fourth, describing it as more eclectic than the album and pulling from influences ranging from acoustic emo to early-2010s dubstep.[13](https://medium.com/brickers-bops/2021-music-in-review-best-eps-12c0d57e71f5) A Sputnikmusic review called it a bridge between her two albums, an evolution from *fishmonger*'s DIY, almost lo-fi sound toward the genre-blending, pop-leaning style of the later album *Wallsocket*, and highlighted "Girls and boys" and the dubstep-influenced "Loansharks".[14](https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/89837/underscores-boneyard-aka-fearmonger/) A 2022 blog review heard the songs as emo-tinged pop with electronic production, describing them as shorter, more ambitious, and more confident than the earlier work.[15](https://thasound.blogspot.com/2022/03/album-review-underscores-boneyard-aka.html?m=0)
## Guest credits
The artist's official site states that track 4, "Gunk", has additional production by brakence, and that track 6, "Tongue in cheek", has drums by [Travis Barker](https://www.edgepedia.org/travis-barker).[5](https://underscores.plus/fear) Barker, the blink-182 drummer, was also among the artists whose praise helped raise underscores' profile around these releases, according to AllMusic.[3](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/underscores-mn0004029455) The artist's own YouTube upload of the full EP instead describes track 5, "Loansharks", as featuring additional production from brakence,[16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnEUJXkWeVw) and Dork's track profile credits brakence as a producer on "Loansharks" as well.[12](https://readdork.com/track/underscores-loansharks)
## Reception and aftermath
The EP has an average listener rating of 3.7 on Record Club, based on 8 reviews and 61 listeners.[17](https://record.club/releases/eps/underscores-boneyard-aka-fearmonger/reviews) The Sputnikmusic review scored it 4.0 ("excellent").[14](https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/89837/underscores-boneyard-aka-fearmonger/) On Bandcamp, the digital album sells for 7 USD with a 24-bit/44.1 kHz download.[10](https://underscores.bandcamp.com/album/boneyard-aka-fearmonger)
The release fed directly into underscores' rise: after *fishmonger*, she opened for [100 Gecs](https://www.edgepedia.org/100-gecs) on the U.S. leg of the 10,000 Gecs tour, and since the EP she has produced music for Alice Longyu Gao, glaive, Whethan, and renforshort.[4](https://concord.com/publishing-roster/underscores/) A fan-maintained tracker also documents about a dozen unreleased tracks from the same era, including alternate versions of "Gunk", "Loansharks", and "Tongue in cheek", and a Jane Remover remix of "Girls and boys".[18](https://www.unreleased.world/underscores/boneyard-aka-fearmonger)
## Track listing
Durations per the Bandcamp edition, which carries the extended subtitles.[10](https://underscores.bandcamp.com/album/boneyard-aka-fearmonger)
1. "Everybody's dead!" – 1:52
2. "Girls and boys—but secretly, you'd love to know what it's like, wouldn't you?" – 3:18
3. "Heck, I've Become the Grim Reaper's Housewife?!" – 1:58
4. "Gunk, or, The Notorious Salt Water Party Trick" – 2:31
5. "Loansharks aka Spoiled little brat II: Dying in the Northern Hemisphere Somewhere (feat. gabby start)" – 3:14
6. "Tongue in cheek: S*nny, I Think the Girl Next Door has a Crush On You!" – 2:36
7. "Saltfields (The Layman's Ultimate 7-Step Guide to a Life of Poserdom: There's nothing we can do!)" – 3:22
## References
1. [boneyard aka fearmonger – Album by underscores, Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/album/boneyard-aka-fearmonger/1591626228)
2. [Release "boneyard aka fearmonger" by underscores, MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/release/69256bf9-46d8-4728-96bb-05eaaea04e0a/cover-art)
3. [Underscores – Biography, Discography, Albums & Expert Reviews, AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/underscores-mn0004029455)
4. [Underscores – Music Publishing, Concord](https://concord.com/publishing-roster/underscores/)
5. [fear – underscores (official site)](https://underscores.plus/fear)
6. [boneyard aka fearmonger, Amazon Music](https://music.amazon.com/albums/B09K4J815G)
7. [Gunk, or, The Notorious Salt Water Party Trick, Bandcamp](https://underscores.bandcamp.com/track/gunk-or-the-notorious-salt-water-party-trick)
8. ["Everybody's dead!" – underscores, Bandcamp](https://underscores.bandcamp.com/track/everybodys-dead)
9. [Underscores: "I think hyper-pop is officially dead", NME](https://www.nme.com/features/music-interviews/underscores-wallsocket-artist-interview-radar-3491619)
10. [boneyard aka fearmonger – underscores, Bandcamp](https://underscores.bandcamp.com/album/boneyard-aka-fearmonger)
11. [underscores albums, SoundCloud](https://soundcloud.com/underscores/albums)
12. [underscores – Loansharks (2021), Dork](https://readdork.com/track/underscores-loansharks)
13. [2021 Music In Review: Best EPs, Medium](https://medium.com/brickers-bops/2021-music-in-review-best-eps-12c0d57e71f5)
14. [underscores – boneyard aka fearmonger album review, Sputnikmusic](https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/89837/underscores-boneyard-aka-fearmonger/)
15. [Album Review: underscores – boneyard aka fearmonger, I Thought I Heard A Sound](https://thasound.blogspot.com/2022/03/album-review-underscores-boneyard-aka.html?m=0)
16. [boneyard aka fearmonger [full] – underscores, YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnEUJXkWeVw)
17. [Reviews of boneyard aka fearmonger (2021), Record Club](https://record.club/releases/eps/underscores-boneyard-aka-fearmonger/reviews)
18. [Boneyard Aka Fearmonger — underscores Unreleased Album, unreleased.world](https://www.unreleased.world/underscores/boneyard-aka-fearmonger)
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