A year ago March, Middlesex County band Good Damage was “Better Off Alone.” Nine months later, they were “Just Alive.” Now they’re hitting the road with shows in Clifton at Dingbatz on April 25, The Water Tower in Oaks Pennsylvania on May 16 and at Crossroads in Garwood on May 20.

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.