Those Drunk Texts Were Getting Pretty Lame

Makeshift Shelters “This Song Is Definitely Not About A Boy”

The title of this song is a lie. This is a full-on emo/pop-punk rant about an ex, but unlike the majority of the music in that genre, this is a woman tearing into some obnoxious dude in great detail. Everything in this song is so vivid, from the opening about this guy telling her not to hold his hand in front of his friends to the bit about him saying he’s an anarchist but holding on to his day job. This is basically a Fall Out Boy song in terms of style and structure, but it’s so refreshing to hear these genre conventions turned back on to suburban punk guys – always a far better target of scorn and mockery than the poor young girls who break their hearts after they get tired of being treated like shit.

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No Ditching “Song for Shelley”

The title of this song isn’t a lie, but it’s not quite what you probably expect. It’s a song about friendship, but specifically one that has become rather strained, largely because of some guy she’s dating who is a total creep. I love that the core emotion in this song is a feeling of want to protect a friend, but trying to be mindful of boundaries. So, instead of directly fighting with her boyfriend or lecturing her about him, she tells him to “fuck off” in her sleep.

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