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genre: indie / rock
release date: 05/10/23
runtime: 3:44
video: yes :)

good evening everyone, big apology for this weeks review being late! someone missed their train home and had to take 4 buses and got back at 3am cus they’re dumb as bricks. that someone, is me. anywho, here’s this weeks review! and don’t worry, i’m making up for it by landing a hot banger on your lap. this is nearly daffodils by the absolute g o a t s’ - english teacher, who rule and you should be listening to you heard it here first.

click the picture up above to give it a listen!

what i liked! :)

this song has some momentssss that absolutely come in by way of kicking the door open, setting a boot on chair next to you, tipping their hat and saying howdy. pay close attention to the way the riff comes through in the main chorus e.g. at 2.38, it sits above the rhythmic and aggressive activity that has been bulding and warbling through the song, and just serves to kick it into high gear. you can see another great example of this in the final chorus, which is also my favourite moment of the whole song, where the final message lyrically is laid out while the a and b sections work their way through. that massive held note of the “you can lead water to the daffodills but you can’t make them drink” is such a banging lyric, and it’s delivered after having laid so much groundwork in such a short space of time it’s honestly inspiring.

what i didn’t like :(

im not gonna lie to you, i’ve got nothing, this is such a banger through and through

my drunk opinion :S

i had the coolest english teachers actually, one was an absolute briber too she’d give out percy pigs if you got things right and she absolutely ruled. and i had this other one who would go through the news and be like here’s why this is spin, here’s the biases, here’s why this is an ad, it was so good. shout out to english teachers, everyone of them rules so far as i’ve seen which is all of them i’m sure.

for fans of

this band reminds me of a much more energetic version of sorry, who also aboslutely rule and you should be listening to. you’ve got the sultry vocals that occaisonally step up a gear, you’ve got the really groovy and intricate drum and rhythmn sections and you’ve got a light sprinkling of aggresive guiat that all comes together into a really tight package of indie music that i absolutely love.

should you listen to more?

you should listen to more english teacher. english teacher are popping off and for good reason. i saw them once at a festival and was instantly like ‘oh’ because they are shit hot and you need to listen to more of their music, so get on it.

or better yet, reply to this email! what did you think of this song? have you been listening to anything good lately? any gems i’ve missed?

more i’ve been listening to

oliver sim / sensitive child

you know when a song drops and it has a kind of timeless quality? this song has that. it has that so bad, that chorus is just one of the all time greats and that’s all that needs to be said.

the ironsides / outlines

this sounds like the soundtrack i need to have playing over the helicopter shot panning over an italian villa in my 1960’s spy movie

sam valdez / unwind

another absolutely timeless track that just makes it into an all timer for me, and one that i am whistling all day long

or just reply to this email! what did you think? what would you change? how are you?

that’s all from us in this edition! new playlist out this week!