8.1
Avg Score
5
Opinions
#2,919
All Time
10
Tracks
“How wide is the artistic gulf between pop songwriting and ad copy, really? I hate to even ask; it feels like denigrating one and elevating the other by association. But the uncomfortable truth is there is some venn-diagram overlap in the way each form prizes sticky phrases meant to worm their way into your brain–the way each wants to sink its hooks in you. It’s why indie bands and labels have spen”
“The DIY fixtures behind Silkies, Dee-Parts, and Mini Dresses turn their attention to scuzzy, no-fi ’80s punk overflowing with pop hooks.”
“At this point all references to new-wave have to be seen as a misnomer; the wave has crested, and is certainly no longer new. On Sweeping Promises’ new LP Good Living Is Coming For You we get a revival of a revival. Here’s an album that would slot comfortably into the mid-’00s post-punk resurgence. After the recent Meet Me In The Bathroom documentary the cyclical swing of genres has placed this so”
