Good Damage, the Middlesex County band we wrote about last March when they claimed to be “Better Off Alone,” has gone one step further by wanting to be “Just Alive.”

The feisty throb of “Better Off Alone” seems to get better and better with each successive listen. And, that, right there, is the mark of a solid single. It’s a jet-propelled piece of pop-punk that Good Damage excels at.