Yautja, “The Spectacle”
Yautja are chameleons with different styles coming to the fore in their albums, but this song is also kind of a chameleon. There’s some heavy noise rock here, some grind-y bits, but with those sections kind of distinct here, shifting between them easily.
Elbow, “Leaders of the Free World”
A rock song like this really needs to justify six minutes.
9353, “Famous Last Words”
I do think it’s pretty funny when American punk bands have accents like this. It seems particularly odd when it’s this far removed from the original punk scene.
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