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Chat Pile are exquisitely brutal on the bleak Who Loves the Sun

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By John Amen Verified
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The 10-song set plunges into a relentless and riveting attack of hardcore, metal, and punk that serves to condemn not only end-stage capitalism but also, and more pressingly, the human curse of greed. If previous work lamented the state of the world – homelessness, disease, injustice – Sun damningly goes to the source, lamenting the fundamental nature of the human heart and, in terms of vocals, spotlights Raygun Busch at his most spellbindingly savage.
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Brandon Flowers Revisits the Americana Playbook with Compelling LP

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By John Amen Verified
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Bruce Springsteenian Romanticism is exemplified via “Born to Run”. The conflict between yearning and earthly circumstances is palpably evoked. The “town [that] rips the bones from your back” symbolizes family, DNA, conditioning, and emo-cognitive wiring. The impulse to “run” points to the craving to transcend who we are and where we live: the life we were born into.
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ALBUM REVIEW: Po’ Ramblin’ Boys Bring Contemporary Flair to the Bluegrass Playbook

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By John Amen Verified
| No Depression Verified
With their latest album, Po’ Ramblin’ Boys navigate another set chock-full of drawls, twangs, harmonies, and foot-stomping rhythms. Welcome to the Club, like previous projects, honors the quintet’s heroes — Bill Monroe and the Stanley Brothers, among others — while effusing a contemporary flair, the Tennessee-born band reveling in next-level interplays, infectious melodies, and tongue-in-cheek lyrics.
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