even if you stop by here to just hear something new, give 'em a listen. they are that good.
1.) it starts out confounding expectations with a lyric that is so dark as to throw off the weight of the major chord progression that props it up. what the song does, ultimately, is shuffle off its own structure and dissolve into something much grander. an intentionally broken song about being broken.
2.) "when i forget how to talk, i sing." this song is about a number of things that i'm sure you can decode, each of which is treated with grace and difficulty. while i do actually like the more upbeat numbers, this is easily among my favorite songs from summer teeth.
3.) it is tough to narrow down what would be my favorite song from this band.
i'm still partial to "i'm always in love", and have fond memories of my youngest brothers and singing the song "poor places." i will forever be laid low by the guitar heroics in the back half of "at least that's what you said." the raw, slow, diffused anger of "misunderstood"(incidentally, the end of that live version is fucking incredible) is often the first thing i start to toy with when i get the chance to plug a guitar into an amp.
but nothing from this band will ever fuck me up quite like "radio cure" did the first time around.
still does.
and once i can finally pry myself away from the emotional reaction i have to the song i start paying attention to how immaculately produced it is.
there are few things this good.
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