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Big Troubles “Misery”

It’s so irrational, but I feel as though I should in some way apologizing for liking this so much, as if I should distrust myself a bit for maybe succumbing to some cheap Pavlovian trigger where I just hear alt-rock moves from the mid-90s and go “yes, thanks!” But you know what? In this case, yes, thanks. Every little bit of this song could easily be something I half-remembered from CMJ samplers or 120 Minutes, but it’s all put together with great grace. There’s a great emotional tension in this too – a desire for hope and pleasure that’s so close to breaking through, but it’s not fully there.

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