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i thought they banned songs like this in 1997

sad computer

it simply is one of the songs of all time

every week i am always a bit like ohh will we find something good today. will we find a cool tune. all the people are expecting one, thousands and thousands, will we find a good song boy i hope we do. and then we do! and very often, we dont’ find them, they find us, and submit themselves at my feet and kiss my ring. just kidding. but they do send their song in and you stumble across it and go man, that’s a sick tune. that’s what happened here! meet hometime and pelters, and their song enough a rough and ready indie rock song that i really like. give it a listen why don’t ya!

this song does something that i typically don’t like, and that’s aligning the vocal melody to the main musical melody. i think it generally doesn’t work, but here, i am absolutely wrong! it really works. especially later in the song where the vocal and melody diverge for the hook of the chorus. it makes for a really strong contrast in a song that musically is somewhat one note. which is not a criticism, because this song does such a great job of taking that one note and putting the boot down. this song is seriously heavy, and when that boot comes down it really comes down. the final few seconds of this song in particular are really worth loosening your neck over. i think the way they achieve this is so clever. essentially the bass player is awol for most of the song, until they’re needed. when they come in though, they bring such presence that you realise has been missing throughout it gives the chorus and bridge that oomph to blow your cobwebs out.

i sort of wish the bridge in this song played with that contrast a bit more. like really pull this thing all the way back and give it just a second to breathe and collect itself. that way, when the whole down beat of the start of the chorus lands it would gain a whole newfound sense of weight and presence.

i feel like i need to have a moustache listening to this and no i won’t be explaining

have to confess i used to listen to a lot of music like this back in the day. this suggestion isn’t like 100/100 a perfect ccomparison, but i feel like it hits a lot of similarities that if you like this track, you’ll like this too. it’s also like, a top tier song for walking along and making that little fist like arthur in that one old meme yes i’m showing my age. it’s called baby i’ll change by fiddlehead.

pelters more like belters am i right aha aha aha. i am though, the album this is from is straight bangers start to finish. i don’t know if this is my favourite track, but it is great, but also there’s a lot of great stuff for you to sink your teech into. my advice? do!

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