We the Common (For Valerie Bolden)Thao & The Get Down Stay Down · 2013

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“It's an unmistakable mark of maturity that Thao Nguyen's songs have gone from conjuring backyards and bee stings to county lines and city hall protests. "All they wanted was a villain, a villain/And all they had was me," she sings her spry lilt on the title track of We the Common, her fourth album with the Get Down Stay Down. But "We The Common" strikes a perfect balance between nimble, playful en”